Primary Schools: Literacy and Numeracy Hours

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:06 pm on 28 June 2005.

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Photo of Lord Adonis Lord Adonis Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools), Department for Education and Skills, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (Schools) 3:06, 28 June 2005

My Lords, I give that assurance. There is no higher priority for the Government than improvements in literacy standards in our schools. That is why we have asked Jim Rose to report to us, to see whether we can make further improvements, including, crucially, improvements in catch-up reading schemes for those who have started to fall behind within the first and second years of starting primary school.