Charles Walker challenges the Education Secretary about language teaching in our primary and secondary schools.

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to promote foreign language teaching in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement. [98080]

Jim Knight: To promote the study of foreign languages for learners of all ages, the Government published its National Languages Strategy: 'Languages for All: Languages for Life-a strategy for England' in December 2002. To oversee the implementation of the strategy, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills appointed Dr. Lid King as National Director for Languages in September 2003.

In March 2005, the Secretary of State announced a £115 million "Boost for Modern Foreign Languages