§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in view of the national shortage of qualified teachers and the refusal of the local authority side of the Burnham Committee to consider the teachers' claim, he will take early steps to improve the pay and status of the teaching profession.
§ Mr. CroslandI would refer my hon. Friend to my reply yesterday to the hon. Members for West Ham North (Mr. Arthur Lewis) and Tonbridge (Mr. Hornby).—[Vol. 741, c. 1941–42.]