§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what steps he intends to take to introduce study of the Nazi holocaust into state schools as a core part of the national curriculum;
(2) when he intends to publish the final report of the working group on history in the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe final report of the history working group was published yesterday. Because history is an important and a controversial subject we are consulting a wide variety of interested bodies on its recommendations. In the light of this consultation, and his own further examination of the group's recommendations, my right hon. Friend will in due course publish his proposals on attainment targets and programmes of study for history for pupils aged five to 16 in schools in England. They will then be sent to the National Curriculum Council for the statutory consultation required by the Education Reform Act. I shall not try to anticipate the nature of my right hon. Friend's proposals.