§ Sir Peter Fry, on behalf of Sir Malcolm Thornton, supported by Mr. Don Foster, Sir Alan Haselhurst, Mr. David Jamieson, Mr. Alan Meale, Mr. David Porter and Mr. Gerry Steinberg, presented a Bill to provide for the establishment in England and Wales of a General Teaching Council, with the functions of developing, promoting and regulating the practice of the profession of teaching, and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 24 January 1997 and to be printed [Bill 26].