§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he accepts the findings and recommendations of the Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales;
236W(2) when Her Majesty's Government will implement the recommendations of the Gittins Report with the object of attaining total bilingualism amongst primary school children in Wales.
§ Mr. Ednyfed Hudson Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to make a statement on the Gittins Report and the steps which he intends to take to implement the recommendations concerning bilingual education.
§ Mr. Patrick Gordon WalkerThe Report of the Central Advisory Councils for Education (Wales)—the Gittins Report—was published on 25th January. I greatly welcome this Report. It is a major and very substantial one, with nearly 250 recommendations on questions of bilingual education and on many other subjects. I shall want to study it with the care and thoroughness it deserves, and to have full consultations with the many bodies concerned in Wales. I am putting these in hand straight away. But I cannot say when I shall be ready to make a statement until I have some indication how soon the bodies concerned are likely to be able to give me their views.