§ 14. Commander Maitlandasked the Minister of Education how many local education committees have not yet adopted the pool scheme recommended by the Burnham Committee in their recent report; and whether any of these authorities have signified their intention not to introduce such a scheme.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI have no information on these points. I have not asked local education authorities to what extent they propose to exercise their discretion to incur expenditure on teachers' salaries that would be chargeable to the area pool.
§ Commander MaitlandWill the Minister consider making inquiries, because my information is that certain local authorities will not adopt this proposal?
§ Mr. TomlinsonI will look into the position when the scheme has been running a little longer and see what are their intentions.