Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Greg Pope (Labour), on Wednesday, 25 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 48 members in total.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

That this House recognises that the linguistic skills of British diplomats are amongst the best in the world; believes that these skills bring untold advantages to the UK in many parts of the world; acknowledges that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) foreign language teaching has been a centre of excellence for many years and has taught over 1,000 FCO staff in the last three years; notes that the FCO foreign language teaching operation has permanent teachers in 14 languages and employs lecturers on a flexible basis in a further 27 languages; further notes that the FCO intends to close its foreign language teaching operation and outsource it in return for a small saving; and calls on the Foreign Secretary to reverse this decision and maintain this much needed and highly regarded service.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2013 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Joan Humble

Eric Illsley

Sandra Osborne

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston

David Leslie Taylor

Subjects

Education Languages Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk