Secondary Education

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons am 1:41 pm ar 5 Mawrth 1997.

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Photo of Alex Salmond Alex Salmond Leader, Scottish National Party 1:41, 5 Mawrth 1997

Did not the Education Minister effectively instigate the teachers' strike in Glasgow today through a financial settlement which aims a dagger at the heart of Scottish education? The Minister spent £250,000 on a study that basically told us that expenditure on secondary education in Scotland is higher because the provision is higher. Is it Tory policy to reduce provision in Scotland to the level that pertains south of the border? If so, the chances of the Education Minister getting his old job back in teaching after the election will be extremely limited.