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Business of the House

I do. I am sorry; I usually try to help my hon. Friend, and the House, but we continue to look for an opportunity to debate grammar school policy, as it is a really important matter. What people used to forget when they celebrated grammar schools is that 20 per cent. of children went to grammar schools, and 80 per cent. were labelled failures and went to secondary moderns. I am sorry that the hon. Member for Congleton (Ann Winterton) is not here, but as I agree with her, I hope that you, Mr. Speaker, will allow me to put on record what she told The House Magazine:"““The whole issue of grammar schools has been handled very badly indeed.””" I agree with that—and I say to the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) that she is not a ““right-wing nutter”” at all, but a Member of the House. I hope that there will be an opportunity for her to explain her views in more detail in the near future.