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Baroness Brinton

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Local Government (Review of Decisions) Bill
Monday 26th January 2015

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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That is certainly something that we will look at.

Baroness Brinton Portrait Baroness Brinton (LD)
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My Lords, given that there has been a substantial increase in foreign language teaching in primary schools, are the Government concerned about the drop from 84% in 2012 to 76% in 2013—and what specifically are they doing to make sure that primary foreign language teaching does not drop further?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I am not entirely sure that I understand the point; I may have to pick it up in correspondence.

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