§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the decision not to remove specialist qualifications for teachers of the deaf was announced; and what subsequent publicity has been given to the decision.
§ Mr. DunnThe decision was announced in paragraph 146 of the White Paper "Better Schools" (Cmnd. 9469). Around 2,000 copies of the White Paper have been distributed, some to organisations which had expressed an interest in the question of specialist qualifications for teachers of the deaf.