§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of Her Majesty's Government's policy that the size of primary and secondary school classes should be reduced to 30 and that teachers should be adequately paid, what action he has 249W now taken, and will take, to achieve these objectives.
§ Mr. CroslandMy 14-point programme is aimed at increasing the supply of teachers and so reducing class sizes. The remuneration of the teachers is in the first instance a matter for the Burnham Committee.