HC Deb 01 April 1971 vol 814 c429W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will consult those concerned with a view to resolving the salary dispute affecting teachers, on the appointment of an independent arbitration tribunal acceptable to all parties to the dispute.

Mr. Bryan

The Chairman of the Burnham Committee responsible for the salaries of teachers in primary and secondary schools has asked my right hon. Friend to convene an arbitral body and in accordance with the arbitration arrangements made under Section 3 of the Remuneration of Teachers Act, 1965, my Department has asked each of the two panels of the Burnham Primary and Secondary Schools Committee to nominate persons from whom two of the members of the arbitral body must be chosen. These arrangements also provide for my right hon. Friend to appoint an independent person as chairman after consultation with the two panels.