§ Major HILLSasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is putting the Burnham Report into operation without allowing this House an opportunity of expressing its opinion?
§ Mr. FISHERThe adoption of the recommendations of the Burnham Committee is a matter, in the first instance, for the Local Education Authorities. I have been careful to inform the House by presenting the Committee's Report, but occasion has not arisen for further action in the matter.
Mr. ALFRED T. DAVIESasked the President of the Board of Education when the findings of the Burnham Committee on the salaries of teachers will be applied, seeing that there is dissatisfaction among the teachers at the delay in bringing a reasonable scheme into operation.
§ Mr. FISHERI would refer the hon. Member to paragraphs 9 and 12 of the Burnham Committee's Report, which contain recommendations as to the manner and dates for bringing the provisional minimum scale into operation. A large number of Local Education Authorities have, I believe, already adopted the recommendations.