§ Dame Jill KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects his proposals for attainment targets and programmes of study in English for pupils aged five to 11 to be published for consultation.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I have now formulated our proposals for attainment targets and programmes of study for English for pupils aged five to 11, in the light of the first report from the national curriculum English working group. We are very grateful to the working group for its prompt and helpful report.
595WI have today referred our proposals to the National Curriculum Council to start the consultations required by the Education Reform Act in England. My right hon. Friend will be initiating consultations as required by the Act in Wales. I have asked the council to report to me on the outcome of the consultations, with advice and recommendations, by 24 February 1989. I have placed a copy of our proposals and of the working group's report, with my letter to the council, in the Library.