Backbench Conservative MPs continued to oppose the continuation of the ILEA. It also probably contributed to the eventual dissolution of the ILEA. Reserves are civilian employees who are sworn and certified as Reserve Deputies through ILEA. The school came under pressure from ILEA to become co-educational and comprehensive. The ILEA had a somewhat anomalous legal status. Dr Bob Parkinson of British Aerospace designed the spaceship "Ilea" using European Space Agency/NASA projections. The space station "Ilea" was named after the then-recently abolished Inner London Education Authority. Under Morrell, the ILEA became concerned with promoting gender equality. The ILEA had fought off one attempt to abolish it in 1980. ILEA said the remarks were racist, which Harrington denied. An International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) was established on 24 July 2000 in Gaborone. The ILEA was helped by a bail-out from the GLC for one year. The ILEA was abolished in 1990, with the inner London borough councils becoming education authorities. Pilo (Adrian Ilea), Zhi MC (Zhi Yang Trieu) and Luis Nassowitz.