§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table for each of the last five years showing how many possible attendances each member of the local authority side of the Scottish Joint Council for Teachers' Salaries had; and on how many occasions each member actually recorded attendance at the meeting.
§ Mr. RossAny question on attendance is primarily a matter for the Council and for the bodies nominating members. Neither the present Council nor its predecessor, the National Joint Council, has published information of this kind. It would not be normal practice for a body of this kind to do so, and I do not think that I would be justified in requiring a change of practice in this respect.