HC Deb 17 April 1969 vol 781 cc277-8W
23. Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what date he received the communication from the Newham Schoolmasters' Association calling for an inquiry into the recruitment and remuneration of teachers and an overhaul of the existing negotiating machinery; and what was the nature of his reply.

Miss Bacon

My right hon. Friend received a letter from the Newham Schoolmasters' Association on 26th March. He has sent my hon. Friend a copy of the reply. I refer him also to my right hon. Friend's answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bebington (Mr. Brooks) on 6th March, and to the hon. Members for Cambridge (Mr. Lane) and for Warwick and Leamington (Mr. Dudley Smith) on 13th March.—[Vol. 779, c. 659–60, 1533–5.]