Andrew Jones
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(12 years ago)
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Mr Lansley
Those issues are governed by statute, and an opportunity to discuss them might arise in a debate on electoral registration and administration in due course.
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con)
Harrogate high school is receiving funding for a complete rebuild from the priority school building programme. May we have a debate on capital investment in schools, particularly considering that the current scheme is achieving better value for taxpayers than previous schemes and that capital is being used to provide the extra school places we need?
Mr Lansley
I would be delighted if that opportunity were to arise, particularly given that secondary schools are now being built for £6 million less, on average, than under the Building Schools for the Future programme. I have seen evidence of that in my own constituency, where a new school is being built, as a free school, employing composite laminated timbers prefabricated in Yorkshire and Humberside.