It comes as both parties put forward proposals to ensure betterprovision for children with special education needs.
Schools minister Lord Adonis last week announced a new test to ensurespecial schools cannot be closed unless better alternatives exist. Healso revealed that mandatory training of school special educationalneeds co-ordinators would be piloted next year. This will apply to allnew co-ordinators from 2008.
But Conservative leader David Cameron called for a freeze on specialschool closures. Speaking at a conference on special educational needs,he said: "It is a shame the Government rejected our amendments to theEducation and Inspections Bill for a moratorium on the closure ofspecial schools."
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