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In March 1978 the Labour Government announced that it was to establish an Inquiry to consider the teaching of Mathematics in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales, with particular regard to its effectiveness and intelligibility, and to the match between the mathematical curriculum and the skills required in further education, employment and adult life generally. There was a new breeze blowing from the office of the Secretary of State for Education and Science. Schools Council, the customary mouthpiece of the Department of Education and Science, had produced numerous working papers containing many suggestions about what should be taught in schools and how it should be taught.