Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Luke Pollard and Nick Gibb

Monday 29th April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Nick Gibb]

My right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. Germany is the fourth largest economy and not far away—a few hundred miles—from this country, and we need more young people studying German GCSE, which is why we have the target of having 75% taking a modern language by 2022.

[Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (Lab/Co-op)]

To teach more foreign languages in schools we need to recruit and retain the very best teachers. What is the Minister doing to help us retain the very best modern languages teachers, who are feeling the pressure under increased workloads and increased stress?