HC Deb 09 May 1968 vol 764 c118W
40. Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will take steps to ensure that special tuition in English is made available for all immigrant children who may need it by the end of 1968.

Miss Bacon

Most local education authorities with substantial numbers of immigrant children already make special arrangements to teach them English. It is for authorities to decide how this can best be done in the circumstances of their own areas but I am very ready to help, so far as I can, for example by increasing the authority's teacher quota. This is one of the matters which my right hon. Friend and I shall be discussing in our visits to areas which have large numbers of immigrant children.