20. Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many local education authorities do not have teacher representation on their education committees.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerForty-two of the 162 local education authorities have education committee arrangements which do not make specific provision for the representation of teachers, but 38 of these provide for the inclusion of members from outside the Council and it is likely that in practice most of them include teachers or their representatives.
Mr. MitchellWill the Minister do everything in his power to persuade those local authorities who still refuse to have teacher representation on their education committees to change their minds?
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerYes. But my powers are limited by the 1944 Act, which does not lay down that teachers as such should be represented on local education authorities. I think it is most desirable that they should be, and in the vast majority of cases they are represented.