§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will introduce measures to rectify the low achievement in mathematics of 15-year-old children from Wales, in view of the latest report of the assessment of performance unit of the Department of Education and Science.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsImprovement of pupil achievement requires action by a range of bodies and individuals and a good deal is already being done, both nationally and locally, towards this objective, including action related to the findings in the Cockcroft report on the teaching of maths in schools.