HC Deb 28 February 1989 vol 148 cc137-8W
19. Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received regarding the national curriculum.

86. Mr. Ken Hargreaves

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress he is making in introducing the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

We have received over 200 written comments from bodies representing various educational and other interests on the draft orders for mathematics and science published before Christmas. We shall take these into account in preparing final orders, which I expect to lay before the House early next month and which will start to come into effect in the autumn.