Lord Razzall
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(8 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Bridges of Headley
First, let us see what the data say; then, if they say that there are talents in pockets of society who are not applying and we think should be applying, we will redouble our efforts to ensure we get more applications from those groups.
Lord Razzall (LD)
My Lords, I am fascinated by the noble Lord’s reply regarding the language school. Many of your Lordships will know young people who would be perfectly competent civil servants but who have failed to be admitted to the fast stream because of their inability to pass a maths exam. Is it not time that the Government looked at that?
Lord Bridges of Headley
I am sure that is the case and that we need to redouble our efforts to improve standards in maths right across the board.