Local Conservative Candidate Mary Macleod has welcomed news that minority language GCSEs and A levels will be saved by a future Conservative government. The news comes after Mary joined Vaisakhi celebrations at the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Hounslow, where the issue was discussed.

The Education Secretary, Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan, has written to exam boards to tell them to reverse their previous decision that such exams would be discontinued.

Nicky Morgan said she was concerned that minority communities would not be able to study “their mother tongue or that of their parent and family”.

Brentford and Isleworth Conservative Candidate Mary Macleod said:

“I think it absolutely right that we protect exams in minority languages. I was at the Gurdwara in Hounslow last Sunday and I know that local Sikhs were concerned about losing qualifications in Punjabi. I’m delighted that Nicky Morgan has now written to the exam boards, telling them to protect these important subjects in the future”.