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Business question from John Penrose (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 1 March 2007. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
In common, I suspect, with many other hon. Members, I am receiving strong representations from people who are studying English as a second language, and who are worried that the Government plan to cut funding for those courses. Given the Chancellor’s professed support for Britishness and citizenship, to which my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) alluded, and the recommendations in the Leech report about the importance of language as a preparation for work, is there any possibility of having a debate on this important issue?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
457 c1079 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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