HC Deb 07 March 1983 vol 38 c315W
17. Mr. Grist

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether his Department takes steps to promote the learning of modern foreign languages by a wider number of schoolchildren in Wales.

Mr. Stradling Thomas

The importance of the study of modern foreign languages was clearly recognised in "The School Curriculum" published in March 1981. The need for local education authorities and schools to develop effective policies in this area of the curriculum will be one of the themes of a forthcoming consultative document on foreign languages in schools.