HC Deb 23 July 1985 vol 83 cc506-8W
24. Mr. Haselhurst

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has reached a conclusion on whether to seek to change the machinery for the determination of teachers' pay.

Sir Keith Joseph

No. I am giving the most careful consideration to recent developments and their implications for the current negotiating machinery.

25. Mr. Flannery

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has any plans to meet representatives of the teachers' side of the Burnham committee to discuss the teachers' dispute.

Sir Keith Joseph

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron).

30. Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is considering any new initiative to seek to solve the teachers' dispute.

34. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current teachers' pay dispute.

35. Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the teachers' pay dispute.

50. Mr. Gerald Howarth

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current teachers' pay dispute.

52. Mr. Chope

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on the current situation of the teachers' pay dispute.

56. Sir John Farr

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current situation in the teachers' pay dispute.

57. Mr. Parry

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the recent developments on the question of teachers' salaries.

58. Mr. Spencer

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current position of the teachers' dispute.

60. Sir David Price

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current state of negotiations over the future of teachers' pay and conditions of work.

62. Mr. Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has for settling the teachers' dispute before the commencement of the next school year.

68. Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what initiatives he plans to take as a contribution to settling the teachers' dispute before the commencement of the next school year.

Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what initiatives he plans to take as a contribution to settling the teachers' pay dispute before the commencement of the next school year.

Sir Keith Joseph

I refer my hon. Friends and the hon. Members to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East (Mr. Nellist), my hon. Friends the Members for Suffolk, South (Mr. Yeo) and Banbury (Mr. Baldry), the hon. Member for Easington (Mr. Dormand), my hon. Friend the Member for Crayford and Erith (Mr. Evennett), the hon. Member for Workington (Mr. Campbell-Savours) and my hon. Friend the Member for Billericay (Mr. Proctor).

47. Dr. Mawhinney

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from the chairman of Cambridgeshire county council education committee about the teachers' dispute since the local authority elections in May.

Sir Keith Joseph

I have recently received a letter dated 16 July from the chairman of the Cambridgeshire education committee. It recommends the introduction of pendulum arbitration and a more precise contract for teachers linking pay with other conditions of employment.