§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Education if he is aware that dissatisfaction with the conditions of teaching, 61W particularly in the infant and primary schools, have led, as in cases submitted to him, to the resignation of promising women teachers, wishing to continue their work, and as it is his wish to recruit women teachers, will he investigate the position, especially in relation to the Walthamstow and Essex Education Committees.
§ Mr. TomlinsonNo. Conditions in some primary schools are admittedly unsatisfactory, and I have recently in Circular 174 reminded local education authorities of the importance of doing what they can to make them more attractive to teachers. The hon. Member is wrong, however, in assuming, from the one instance which he has brought to my notice, that teachers are easily daunted by adverse conditions. I am not aware that there is any need for a special investigation in Essex generally or in Walthamstow in particular.