§ 21. Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps she is taking to increase acceptance of the concept of a lifetime of learning. [7071]
§ Mr. PaiceWe fully support the concept of lifetime learning. Copies of the Department's policy framework on lifetime learning published in June are available in the Library. Our most recent initiative to promote lifetime learning are learning line—a new free national telephone helpline on learning opportunities to be launched in September 1997—support for further development of local partnership activities, and our recently published strategic guidance "TECs Beyond 2000" which asks TECs to extend their work with employers and their other partners to create a culture for lifetime learning locally.