§ Lieut.-Colonel PICKERINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is yet in a position to notify the local education authorities as to the allocation of appropriate scales for elementary school teachers; and, if not, whether he will explain why the secondary school teachers practically throughout the country should be receiving the salaries recommended by the Burnham Committee on salaries for secondary school teachers while the teachers in 263W elementary schools, except those in London and a few other areas, should be still waiting several months after the Committee on the Salaries of Elementary Teachers has reported?
§ Mr. FISHERAs regards the first part of the question, I regret that I am not yet in a position to announce the Government's decision; the financial and other issues involved require full consideration. As regards the second part of the question, I would remind the hon. and gallant Member that the elementary school teachers had the advantage of the Provisional Minimum Scale as from the 1st January, 1920.