§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to introduce incentives for local education authorities to implement fully the Education Act 1981.
§ Mr. ForthMy right hon. Friend will consider fully this proposal, which is one of the recommendations of the recent Audit Commission/Her Majesty's inspectorate study of special educational needs, later in the year. He wishes first to receive responses to a wide-ranging consultation exercise on special educational needs which he is about to undertake.