Mary Bousted, general secretary of the association of Teachers and Lecturers, welcome the pledge "to restore the professional standard of teaching".
But campaigners will welcome the pledge to reform the UK's libel laws.
"I welcome the pledge by the police to carry out a full inquiry into the abuse and the subsequent cover-up," he said.
Frontex director Gil Arias Fernandez welcomed the pledges but said Frontex still needed more technical equipment in order to be able to fully implement the operation.
Ben Lyons, co-founder of Intern Aware, welcomed the pledge, saying it would make a difference to thousands of young people entering the job market.
The NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, welcomed the pledge, and acknowledged that offers of assistance to protect foreign forces in Afghanistan might be a useful lever in the alliance's effort to increase allied troop contributions by member countries.
Campbell Robb, of homelessness charity Shelter, welcomed the pledge but said it was "absolutely vital" that the homes built were "genuinely affordable for young couples and families on ordinary incomes".
But the first minister welcomed the pledge that plans for further Welsh devolution - set to include control over large energy projects and some financial powers - would be in the Queen's Speech.
Overseas, Jean-Claude Trichet, head of the European Central Bank, said he welcomed the pledge of European leaders to publish the results of their stress tests on banks and indicated that the need to buy troubled government bonds in order to calm markets appears to be diminishing.
The Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkmenistan UNICEF Turkmenistan and UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran have jointly welcomed the pledge for educational reforms in Turkmenistan 26 January 2007- UNICEF Turkmenistan and UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran have jointly welcomed the pledge for educational reforms in Turkmenistan.
