49. Mr. Wileyasked the Minister of Education whether he will make a statement on the teaching of modern languages in primary schools.
§ Mr. ChatawayAs my right hon. Friend told the hon. Member for West Lothian (Mr. Dalyell) on 6th December last, he is considering the possibility of organising, jointly with the Nuffield Foundation, a pilot scheme designed to extend the experiments in foreign language teaching already being conducted in a number of primary schools. He hopes to make a further announcement shortly.