That this House expresses its concern that too many public schools are educating their pupils beyond their ability in an effort to enable them to get places at university which they do not deserve; congratulates those universities who are beginning to see through their confidence trick which has existed for decades; notes that 'A' levels provide only limited evidence either of intelligence or as a predictor of good degrees; condemns nasty and selfish attempts at blackmail by the President of the Girls' School Association and Chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference to obtain places at university for undeserving pupils and create a socially divisive country through privileges for the middle class; and calls on the Government to stop changing its policy on this issue and instead remove the charitable status of those public schools involved.

That this House expresses its concern that too many public schools are educating their pupils beyond their ability in an effort to enable them to get places at university which they do not deserve; congratulates those universities who are beginning to see through their confidence trick which has existed for...

That this House condemns the recent decision of HM Customs and Excise to remove condoms from their current VAT zero rated status when supplied by charities such as the Brook Advisory Centres to young people to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV; notes that research has shown that many young people, particularly men, only access services if they can obtain free condoms; believes that this is a false economy on the part of the Government because for every ??1 spent on family planning services, ??11 is saved in public expenditure whilst the annual expenditure on treating sexually transmitted diseases is ??874 million; deplores any measure like this which will lead to a rise in teenage pregnancies and make it impossible for the Government to achieve its targets for the nation's health in this sphere; and calls on the Government to find ways of reversing the harmful effects of this decision.

That this House condemns the recent decision of HM Customs and Excise to remove condoms from their current VAT zero rated status when supplied by charities such as the Brook Advisory Centres to young people to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV; notes that research has...