RETAINING TURKISH AS AND A-LEVEL TURKISH

Early day motion 247, tabled 6 July 2015 by Catherine West (Labour). Signed by 14 members.

That this House believes that OCR's initial decision to discontinue the GCE AS and A-level Turkish examinations from 2017 is deeply regrettable; recognises that there are 100,000 Turkish speakers across the UK and, that with over 63 million speakers worldwide, it is one of the world's major languages; believes, given this context, that the GCE AS and A-level Turkish qualification should be retained; and calls on the Government to take steps to ensure that examination boards do offer AS and A-level Turkish.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Labour/Co-operative 2, Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.