§ 11. Mr. Hollisasked the Minister of Education whether, when he approves any increase of salaries to teachers that may be recommended by the Burnham Committee, he will make that increase retrospective.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI am not prepared to make any statement on teachers' salaries until I have received and considered the recommendations of the Burnham Committee.
§ Mr. HollisWhile I appreciate that the right hon. Gentleman does not think it wise to interfere with the independent machinery for settling teachers' salaries, may I ask if he will bear in mind that the proposal which I have put in the Question would go far to allay their anxiety if they felt that they could have this hope of retrospection—as civil servants receive it?
§ Mr. TomlinsonI do not understand an appreciation of the Minister's difficulties which insists upon adding to them.