HC Deb 11 May 1976 vol 911 cc136-7W
Mr. Grist

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what further examination he has made of the successful United States practice of employing deaf persons as teachers of the deaf.

Miss Margaret Jackson

In the United States, but not in this coutnry, it is accepted that some teachers of the deaf should communicate with the children solely by manual methods and teachers of these children do not necessarily have to have the status of qualified teacher. On the situation in this country, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Sir J. Rodgers) on 2nd April.—[Vol. 908, c. 612.]