HC Deb 25 June 1964 vol 697 c108W
48. Mr. Willey

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the establishment of a National Schools Council relating to curriculum and examinations.

Mr. Hogg

The representative meeting which set up the Working Party on the Schools' Curricula and Examinations under the chairmanship of Sir John Lockwood met to consider the Working Party's Report on the 12th June. The recommendation that a Schools Council for the Curriculum and Examinations should be established was adopted unanimously and I was invited to take the steps necessary to establish the Council: I hope to do so in time for a first meeting in October. I am glad to say that Sir John Maud has accepted my invitation to be the Council's first Chairman.