§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will now publish the report of the history working party; and if he will make a statement on his response to it.
§ Mr. MacGregorMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I have today published the final report from the national curriculum history working group. Copies have been placed in the Library.
The report has been published without statutory proposals, and I am inviting comment from a wide range of representative bodies with an interest. I am also writing to the chairman of the School Examinations and Assessment Council to seek the council's advice on whether the group's proposals would secure the effective assessment of pupils' mastery of historical knowledge.