§ Q20. Mr. Biffenasked the Prime Minister which Government Department has the responsibility for ascertaining that any proposed or agreed increase in the salaries of teachers is consistent with the Government's prices and incomes policy in its general application and with particular respect to the criteria of lower-paid workers and increases in productivity.
§ The Prime MinisterThe implementation of the Government's prices and incomes policy concerns all Government Departments. In this case the Department of Education and Science is primarily concerned.