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I share the lukewarm support expressed by the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr. Raynsford). I shall support the Bill. I am sorry that the Secretary of State is leaving the Chamber: I was going to say some nice things about the intelligence and eloquence of her speech...

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Lord Maples (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 March 2006
Reference
443 c1504-5
House
House of Commons

I wish that I thought that that was true; however, the hon. Lady is absolutely right to mention this issue. Very bright children in constituencies such as mine whose parents can afford to send them to independent schools will be all right; it is the bright working class kids whom...

Member
Lord Maples (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 March 2006
Reference
443 c1505-6
House
House of Commons

No. I am not particularly arguing for the creation of new grammar schools, because there may be other solutions, but if I were I would not locate them in constituencies such as mine; I would put them in constituencies such as the inner-city one that I used to represent.

Member
Lord Maples (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 March 2006
Reference
443 c1506
House
House of Commons

No, I am in the middle of making a point. That way, bright children from poor backgrounds who are currently being let down would have a school with the critical mass to enable them to aspire to achieve their potential. It is not constituencies such as mine that have this...

Member
Lord Maples (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 March 2006
Reference
443 c1506
House
House of Commons