HC Deb 27 March 1990 vol 170 c173W
31. Mrs. Rosie Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received concerning the speed at which the Government are implementing the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

My right hon. Friend frequently receives correspondence about the national curriculum. Some of it concerns the pace of implementation. We intend to implement the national curriculum as soon as practicable in order to raise standards of education. But