HC Deb 23 January 1989 vol 145 cc431-2W
22. Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received in recent months on the compulsory teaching of Welsh as a foundation subject in the national curriculum.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Since the Education Reform Act received Royal Assent last July, I have received a small number of letters about the teaching of Welsh. The majority have been supportive of the place of Welsh in the national curriculum, although several have had reservations about resource implications or about the impact on the teaching of other subjects, particularly in the later years of secondary school.