§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has received any requests from Romania(a) to replace historic and academic books lost in fires during the Romanian revolution and (b) to supply textbooks for schoolchildren learning English as a second language.
Mr. JacksonAny such requests would normally be directed to the British Council.
The British Council received an appeal for replacement books from the director of the central university library, Bucharest, but the following action was already being taken:
- i. Following an appeal by four British academics Richard Crampton, Richard Clogg, Dennis
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- i.Deletant and Stevan Pavlowitch, 250,000 books have been donated by the general public and publishers, and the British Council is paying for the transportation of the books to Romania. The British Council is also supplying books and library equipment direct to the central university library and other university libraries.
- ii. No specific requests for books for schoolchildren learning English as a second language have been received but among the books going out are English language books. A main area of activity for the British Council in Romania has always been support for English language teaching, in particular lo university English language departments. It is hoped that this can be expanded in the future.