§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will pay an official visit to meet primary and secondary school teachers in the west midlands.
§ Sir Keith JosephI shall be addressing a meeting of the Birmingham branch of the National Association of Head Teachers on 13 May. I hope also to visit Staffordshire in September, as part of a continuing series of visits to schools and local education authorities. No programme has yet been arranged, but I would expect it to include some discussion with teachers.