§ 23. Mr. WINDSORasked the President of the Board of Education what steps are being taken by his Department to ensure that local education authorities pay wages in accordance with the Burnham award; and whether it is proposed to reduce the State grant to those education authorities who pay less than the Burnham scale of salaries?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION(Lord Eustace Percy)I am, and shall continue to be, in communication with local education authorities on this subject, and I should prefer to make no statement at this moment which might interfere with their deliberations or deter them from discussing the matter freely with the Board.