§ Mr. William Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what arrangements have been made for the training of 2W speech therapists in Wales; how many applications have been received; and how many will be trained through the medium of the Welsh language.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThis is a matter for the Department of Education and Science. I understand that the position is that the Cardiff local education authority has put forward a proposal to start a course for the training of speech therapists at the Llandaff College of Technology, under the auspices of the Welsh Joint Education Committee, in September 1972. It it intended that a proportion of places on this course will be for therapists proposing to work through the medium of Welsh. Detailed arrangements for the course have still to be agreed with the College of Speech Therapists. Applications for enrolment have not yet been invited.