§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of Education what survey he has made of the variety and value of educational visits and exchanges now available to school children in this country.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges was set up by my predecessor and the Secretary of State for Scotland in 1948 to advise on and facilitate such activities and is continually reviewing this field.
§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of Education how far local education authorities employ persons charged with a special responsibility for activities, in the curriculum and extra-curricular, concerned with educational visits and exchanges and ideas of international understanding.
§ Sir E. BoyleIt is a matter for the individual authority to decide how to handle matters of this kind and I have no specific information.