Grammar Schools - Private Notice Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:37 pm on 7 September 2016.

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Photo of Lord Tebbit Lord Tebbit Conservative 3:37, 7 September 2016

My Lords, does my noble friend recollect that in the great Butler Education Act there was provision for a tripartite system—grammar schools, secondary moderns and technical schools? The failure of successive Governments has been to institute a suitable number of high-quality technical schools. That is one of the reasons why we have lagged behind our rivals in Germany in the provision of a skilled workforce for industry and commerce. Could we put that into the system as well, please?