§ Dame Irene Wardasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the success of Sir James Pitman's new alphabet and the need for further research into its effect on British education standards, he will ensure that the work of the Reading Research Unit will not be disbanded in July for lack of funds.
§ Mr. CroslandThe Director of the Reading Research Unit has sent my Department a memorandum setting out proposals for further research not necessarily to be carried out by the Unit or financed by the Department. I am now considering this.