§ 14. Mr. R. W. Elliottasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in view of the inequitable effect of the working of the National Insurance Act 1966 with regard to married women teachers who contracted out of the original flat-rate scheme, he will introduce amending legislation.
§ Mr. RedheadNo. If the hon. Member is referring to the reduction of teachers' sick pay by the amount of sickness benefit receivable under the National Insurance Acts, this is a matter for the teachers' employers and not for my right hon. Friend; but I understand that the employers are currently considering what might be done to help certain married women teachers who, by their own choice, are ineligible to receive sickness benefit.