§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the National Board for Prices and Incomes' recommendation that workers receiving less than £14 per week should have priority in wage increases when the period of severe restraint commences, he will take steps to increase the average of £12 per week received by young teachers with a view to overcoming the estimated shortage of 50,000 teachers throughout the country.
§ Mr. CroslandI cannot accept the hypotheses on which my hon. Friend bases this Question. As I explained in my Answer to him this afternoon, teachers' pay is a matter for the appropriate Burnham Committee in the first instance.