§ Mr. Hugh D. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the membership and the terms of reference of the Committee on the Distribution of Teachers.
§ Mr. RossThe Chairman of the Committee is Dame Jean Roberts, D.B.E., former Lord Provost of Glasgow.
The other members are:—
- G. S. Bryden, Esq., (General Secretary, Educational Institute of Scotland).
- A. B. Cameron, Esq., (Director of Education, Dunbartonshire).
- P. Connor, Esq., (Regional Officer, Amalgamated Engineering Union, Glasgow).
- A. K. Davidson, Esq., (Convenor, Stirlingshire Education Committee).
- J. Docherty, Esq., (General Secretary, Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association).
- Dr. T. E. Faulkner (Member of Dundee Town Council. Senior Lecturer in Statistics, Queen's College, Dundee).
- J. H. Lockie, Esq., (Trustee Manager, British Linen Bank, Edinburgh).
- R. McClement, Esq., (General Secretary, Scottish Schoolmasters' Association).
- W. B. Monaghan, Esq., (Rector, St. Patrick's High School, Dumbarton, and President, Educational Institute for Scotland).
- Councillor G. H. H. Moore (Convener, Glasgow Education Committee).
- Professor D. D. Raphael (Department of Politics, University of Glasgow).
- R. Robertson, Esq., (Convener, Renfrew-shire Education Committee).
- A. Russell, Esq., (Headmaster, Stanley Green Secondary School, Paisley, Renfrew-shire.
- L. B. Young, Esq., (Director of Education, Perth and Kinross).
The terms of reference of the Committee are—
"Having regard to the serious shortage of teachers in certain parts of Scotland to consider measures to secure a more equitable distribution of teachers and to make recommendations."
The first meeting of the Committee will be held on 25th February.