HC Deb 22 November 2001 vol 375 cc457-8W
Mr. David

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what mechanisms and procedures are in place to ensure there is effective co-ordination between her Department and the National Assembly for Wales. [14472]

Estelle Morris

The Department for Education and Skills is working with the Assembly to finalise a concordat, which we hope to publish shortly. This records how we already co-operate and builds on the principles set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations. The concordat gives assurance to both parties that working relationships will continue to be conducted in an agreed and helpful manner.

A recent example of effective co-ordination was the publication by the National Assembly for Wales of its paving document for Wales, "The Learning Country", alongside the White Paper "Schools: Achieving Success" published by Department for Education and Skills this autumn.