§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will seek to legislate to make it a duty on local education authorities to provide adult education.
§ Mr. William SheltonThe nature of the statutory responsibility for the provision of adult education was 399W amongst the issues raised in a joint report last year by central and local government officials on the legal basis of further education generally. This report is being considered by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in the light of comments received during wide consultations.