§ 35. Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set up an inquiry into the desirability of totally deaf and profoundly deaf children, for whom sign language is their first language, being taught by at least one deaf teacher using sign language.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThis is a matter for local education authorities, as the employers, to decide for themselves in the light of local circumstances. It would not be appropriate to seek to limit the teaching options available to them.