asked the Minister of Education (1) if he will give an estimate of the cost of the implementation, in their entirety, of the recommendations of the Departmental Committee's Report on maladjusted children;

(2) what steps he proposes to take to secure the implementation of the recommendations of the Departmental Committee's Report on maladjusted children.

My right hon. Friend is still considering this Report. Because of the general nature of many of the recommendations, it is not possible to give a useful estimate of the cost of their complete implementation.

While thanking the hon. Member for that Answer, may I ask him, in view of the fact that a number of the recommendations are already being implemented by progressive authorities, whether he will urge on less progressive authorities the adoption of these recommendations?

Mr. Vesper:

As the hon. Gentleman knows, this Report took five years to complete. It contains 97 recommendations, and it is not unreasonable that my right hon. Friend should have slightly longer than three months before coming to a final conclusion.