"Management of the School Day"

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 February 1991.

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Photo of Michael Fallon Michael Fallon Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Education and Science) 12:00, 12 February 1991

At present primary school weeks can vary from 20 to 25 hours. Why should parents in one area get less teaching for their children than those in another? Unless schools are prepared to meet the new minimum targets we shall have to consider whether to give them statutory force.