§ Mr. W. GRAHAMasked the President of the Board of Education whether it is the case that no Burnham Committee will be set up for technical teachers until the late autumn; whether he is aware that technical teachers feel that, as their case is to be the last to receive consideration, they are likely to receive worse treatment than secondary and elementary school teachers; and whether, in view of the time that is likely to elapse before the Burnham Committee can publish any report in this matter, it is possible to recommend that an immediate grant or bonus should be paid to technical teachers?
§ Mr. FISHERI do not think it is possible to obtain the establishment of a committee to consider the salaries of teachers in technical schools till the autumn, but I do not share the apprehension that these teachers will receive relatively worse treatment in consequence of this delay, nor am I aware that it prevails among the teachers themselves. The prospective establishment of a Joint Committee affords no reason why local education authorities should not in the meantime consider requests for interim improvements of salaries on their merits.