§ 65. Lieut.-Colonel HURSTasked the President of the Board of Education if he has perused the memorial presented to him on the 13th May on behalf of 3,450 teachers serving in the elementary schools of Manchester, soliciting the confirmation by him of the recommendation by the local education authority that Scale IV be adopted for teachers' salaries in that area; and when he will give his decision on this question?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Herbert Lewis)My right hon. Friend has read the memorial to which the hon. and gallant Member refers. He hopes before long to be in a position to make a statement on this and other points arising in connection with the Report of the Burnham Committee.