§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to examine the provision of education for the under-fives along the same lines as those recently announced by the Department of Education and Science in England; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe Minister of State, Department of Education and Science has established and will be chairing a committee of inquiry to consider the quality and content of the educational experience offered to under-five-year-olds, as one of the responses to the Education, Science and Arts Committee's report on educational provision for the under-fives in England. I shall be keeping in close touch with the work of this group, on which the Welsh Office has observer status.
I shall be keeping under review the need for any action in Wales in the light of the deliberations and findings of the new committee.