§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when his Department will publish its policy on language teaching in primary schools. [87229]
§ Mr. Stephen Twigg[holding answer 16 December 2002]: The Department will shortly be publishing its National Language Strategy. The strategy will set out how we will drive forward our agenda, outlined in the `Language learning' pamphlet published earlier this year, to reverse the cycle of underperformance and transform this country's capability in languages.