HC Deb 09 March 1989 vol 148 c604W
Mr. Ken Hargreaves

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the statement on the educational needs of deaf/blind children.

Mr. Butcher

The statement has been published today and a copy has been placed in the Library. My right hon. Friend and I hope that it will help those concerned to make the most suitable provision for the education of deaf-blind children. We are grateful for the help that voluntary organisations, in particular SENSE, and local education authorities have given the Department in drawing up this statement.