§ 20. Mr. Boydenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage increase, at the top of each scale of salaries for principals in the Civil Service and for lecturers at British universities, respectively, has taken place since 1956.
§ Mr. BrookeFor principals in the Civil Service, 27 per cent.; for university lecturers, 37 per cent.
§ Mr. BoydenDoes not this show a disparity between what university lecturers ought to get and what they are now being awarded? Can the right hon. Gentleman expect university lecturers to cope with the greater expansion which is needed if their salaries are not kept more up to date?
§ Mr. BrookeThat is a wider question, but the Government consider that it would be inconsistent with their incomes policy in a field which is entirely under their own control to authorise an increase of more than 3 per cent. overall to university teaching staff.