§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what provision she now intends to make for the teaching of migrant children in the language of their mother tongue.
§ Miss Margaret Jackson:I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 22nd November 1978—[Vol. 958, c. 606.] 33W Migrant pupils do not have an automatic entitlement to be taught in their mother tongue, although the EEC directive on the education of children of migrant workers calls on member States to take appropriate measures to promote the teaching of mother tongue and culture. Accordingly, the immediate policy of my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, is to encourage research into the educational implications of teaching mother tongue and of using it as the medium of instruction.