Northern Ireland (Interim Period)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:24 pm on 20 June 1991.

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Photo of Mr Peter Brooke Mr Peter Brooke The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 10:24, 20 June 1991

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman was not seeking to mislead the House, but the settlement which was conducted under the Education Act 1944 for voluntary schools in England and Wales, necessarily in large numbers of Church origin, established exactly that 85 per cent. capital funding and that 100 per cent. for current funding which I thought he might be describing as unique to Northern Ireland.