HC Deb 21 July 1988 vol 137 c728W
71. Mr. Rowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science in what discussions he is involved about how best to prepare young people to be parents.

Mrs. Rumbold

Preparation for parenthood may form part of the provision made in the school curriculum for personal and social education (PSE). My right hon. Friend is asking the National Curriculum Council to give early priority to considering the content of PSE; he has also asked the subject working groups for the national curriculum to consider how pupils' personal qualities and competencies can be developed through their subjects.