§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the organisations which have so far commented on the consultative document regarding primary education in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsConsultation documents were issued on the following proposals, all of which affect primary as well as secondary education in Wales:
- Grant Maintained Schools
- Admission of Pupils to Maintained Schools
- Financial Delegation to Schools
- Collective Worship
- National Curriculum 5–16
- Charges for School Activities
My right hon. Friend has discussed the proposals with representatives of the Welsh Joint Education Committee and with the Welsh Consultative Council on local government finance. A number of organisations which were consulted were invited to discuss the schools proposals at the Welsh Office and 14 organisations had meetings with Welsh Office officials as a result:
- National Association of Headteachers (Wales)
- Parent Teacher Association of Wales
- Professional Association of Teachers (Wales)
- National Union of Teachers (Wales)
- Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association (Wales)
- National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (Wales)
- Welsh Secondary Schools Association
- Welsh Language Education Development Committee
- Secondary Heads Association (Wales)
- Society of Education Officers (Wales)
- Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru
- Parents for Welsh Medium Education (PWE)
- Welsh Joint Education Committee/Directors of Education
- Welsh Counties Committee
Written responses were received from the following organisations:
- Archdiocese of Cardiff
- Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association
- Association of History Teachers (Wales)
- Bangor Diocesan Council for Education
- BBC Education Department
- Church in Wales — Education and Communications Centre
- Christian Movement in Wales
- Clwyd Area Teachers' Association
- Cymdeithas Ymgynghorwyr Cymraeg Cymru
- Farmers Union of Wales
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- Gwynedd Health Education Department
- Llandaff Diocesan Council for Education
- Manpower Services Commission
- Merched y Wawr
- Methodist Church North and South Wales
- Methodist Church, South West District
- Monmouth Diocesan Council for Education
- Museums and Galleries Commission
- National Advisory Panel for Religious Education (Wales)
- National and Local Government Officers Association
- Socialist Educational Association
- Society of Education Officers (Wales)
- Sports Council for Wales
- Tabernacle Congregational Church (Haverfordwest)
- Trinity College (Lampeter)
- Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru
- Union of Welsh Independents
- Urdd Gobaith Cymru
- Voluntary Organisations Liaison Council for Under Fives
- Wales Assembly of Women
- Wales Association for Teachers of the Deaf
- Wales Association of Community and Town Councils
- Welsh Trade Union Congress
- Welsh Counties Committee
- Welsh Language Education Development Committee
- Welsh Language Society
- Welsh National Centre for Religious Education
- Welsh Secondary Schools Association
- National Association of Headteachers (Wales)
- National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (Wales)
- National Consumer Council
- National Federation for Education and Research
- National Federation of Women's Institutes
- National Union of Teachers
- North Wales Arts Association
- Oxfam Education
- Parents Teachers Associations of Wales
- Plaid Cymru (Bro Maelog)
- Pontypridd Family Protection Group
- Porth Resources Centre
- Professional Association of Teachers—Wales Committee
- Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg
- School Curriculum Development Committee (Wales)
- Secondary Heads Assocation (Wales)
- West Carmarthen Association of Congregational Churches
- West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
- Yr Academi Gymreig Clwyd County Council
- Dyfed County Council
- Gwent County Council
- Gwynedd County Council
- Mid Glamorgan County Council
- Powys County Council
- South Glamorgan County Council
- West Glamorgan County Council
- Numerous School Governing Bodies