§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment(a) she and (b) bodies receiving public funds, have made of the impact of the joint requirements of the national curriculum and key stage testing on the ability of school staff and heads to order the manner of individual and corporate learning most likely to attain the objectives set out by The national forum for values. [2694]
§ Mrs. GillanNone. Such assessment would be premature, given that the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority has only just started consulting on the recommendations of its national forum for values in Education and the Community.