Steve Brine raised his new primary school campaign to a national level on Wednesday 13th June as he questioned David Cameron on the issue in Prime Minister's Questions.
The Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP has been spearheading the campaign, which has been gathering momentum across the city,
which has seen an increase in demand for primary school places, particularly at Reception Year.
In a lively session, Steve said: "As a constituency MP, the Prime Minister will be aware of the current shortage in primary school places across our country. It is particularly acute in Winchester right now, where temporary classrooms are the order of the day, to accommodate reception year pupils for this September.
"May I ask the Prime Minister what the Government are doing to help councils in this bulge year, and whether he is confident that enough is being done to prevent a repeat performance when those pupils reach secondary school in six years' time?"
In reply, the Prime Minister said:"My hon. Friend raises an important point. I know that in certain constituencies this is becoming an issue. What the Department for Education has done is put aside £1.4 billion of schools capital for 2011-12 and a further £1.4 billion for the subsequent year.
"There is also the opportunity, through free schools, to have excellent new schools established in hon. Members' constituencies, so that we get not only new capacity, but the competition and choice that I believe will help to drive up standards."
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You can find out far more about Steve's campaign at www.stevebrine.com/newschool.
You can read the exchanges on Hansard here, and you can watch back here.
