§ 10. Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Education whether he authorised the speech of Mr. D. Morrell, in charge of the curriculum study unit in his Department, on 24th October, 1962, to the Council of the National Foundation for Educational Research; and to what extent it is his policy that his Department should be the sole arbiters as to what the schools shall teach.
§ Sir E. BoyleMr. Morrell was authorised to make this speech. With regard to the second part of the Question, it is certainly not my policy to be the arbiter, let alone the sole arbiter, of the schools' curriculum, and there was nothing in Mr. Morrell's speech which could be interpreted in this way.