§ Lord Brockwayasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will examine the positive effects that the teaching of Esperanto could have on the teaching of modern languages and whether they will carry out, in collaboration with other countries, a controlled experiment to assess the feasibility of the teaching of Esperanto on an international basis.
§ Baroness YoungLocal education authorities and schools must make their own judgments on the value of Esperanto both in its own right and as a means of facilitating language studies generally, bearing in mind the many pressures on schools' time. At national level, I do not accept that there is a strong case for urging the adoption of Esperanto as part of the school curriculum.