To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will assess the final report of the Nuffield Languages Inquiry, 'Languages: The Next Generation'; and if he will make a statement. (Holding answer 13 December 2000).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will assess the final report of the Nuffield Languages Inquiry, 'Languages: The Next Generation'; and if he will make a statement. (Holding answer 13 December 2000).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will respond to the report of the Nuffield Languages Inquiry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will respond to the report of the Nuffield Languages Inquiry.

What language groups were consulted by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in the production of a pamphlet entitled The Bill of Rights - Language in September, whether it contains the views of the commission; and whether it satisfies the requirements of the Belfast Agreement of 1998, which guaranteed total...

What language groups were consulted by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in the production of a pamphlet entitled The Bill of Rights - Language in September, whether it contains the views of the commission; and whether it satisfies the requirements of the Belfast Agreement of 1998, which guaranteed total...

Why the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is proposing to appoint a nominee from the Irish language sector to the Education Rights Working Group considering the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights but has made no allowance for an Ulster Scots nominee. [HL 4725].

Why the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is proposing to appoint a nominee from the Irish language sector to the Education Rights Working Group considering the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights but has made no allowance for an Ulster Scots nominee. [HL 4725].

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government will ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Regional and Minority Languages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government will ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Regional and Minority Languages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the report of the Nuffield Language Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the report of the Nuffield Language Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to encourage the teaching of Mandarin in schools. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to encourage the teaching of Mandarin in schools. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of children received their education through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. - Inc fact that information is not available in format requested, inc tables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of children received their education through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. - Inc fact that information is not available in format requested, inc tables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of children received their education in the primary education sector through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. - Inc fact that information is not available in format...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of children received their education in the primary education sector through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. - Inc fact that information is not available in format...

To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what changes have taken place in the past 10 years in the Church's spending on Bibles in ethnic minority languages. (Failed OPQ)

To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what changes have taken place in the past 10 years in the Church's spending on Bibles in ethnic minority languages. (Failed OPQ)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans the Government has to increase the teaching of a second language in primary and junior schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans the Government has to increase the teaching of a second language in primary and junior schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what resources his Department (a) has allocated and (b) plans to allocate to develop language and educational provision in preparation for the launch and national roll-out of the pilot project for neo-natal hearing screening.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what resources his Department (a) has allocated and (b) plans to allocate to develop language and educational provision in preparation for the launch and national roll-out of the pilot project for neo-natal hearing screening.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has conducted into the language and educational benefits of neo-natal hearing screening and effective follow-up support for deaf children from zero to two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has conducted into the language and educational benefits of neo-natal hearing screening and effective follow-up support for deaf children from zero to two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what communication his Department has had with the Department of Health about developing the provision of language and educational support for children from zero to two years in preparation for the pilot project and the introduction of universal neo-natal hearing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what communication his Department has had with the Department of Health about developing the provision of language and educational support for children from zero to two years in preparation for the pilot project and the introduction of universal neo-natal hearing...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for UK citizenship in each year since 1990 were turned down because they had an inadequate grasp of English. - Inc table and fact that information is not available in form requested for the years 1990-94.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for UK citizenship in each year since 1990 were turned down because they had an inadequate grasp of English. - Inc table and fact that information is not available in form requested for the years 1990-94.

Draft SIs on Medical Act 1983 (amendment). Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Draft SIs on Medical Act 1983 (amendment). Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Whether a school with good Information Communication Technology (ICT) facilities but with a need for language laboratories is entitled to spend a Government grant for ICT facilities on language laboratories instead [HL 2976].

Whether a school with good Information Communication Technology (ICT) facilities but with a need for language laboratories is entitled to spend a Government grant for ICT facilities on language laboratories instead [HL 2976].