HC Deb 13 July 1944 vol 401 cc1882-3
30. Sir J. Mellor

asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will give an assurance that the National Association of Schoolmasters will, in respect of its members, have access to individual local education authorities equally with those associations of teachers represented on the Burnham Committee.

Mr. Ede

Consultation between a local education authority and the representatives of the teachers in their employ is a matter within the discretion of the authority, and not one in which my right hon. Friend could intervene in the manner suggested.

Sir J. Mellor

Is not the Minister seriously prejudicing the whole position of this Association by excluding it from representation on the Burnham Committee?

Mr. Ede

I do not think that he is in this particular.