§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she is aware that, before the teachers receive their next salary increases, they will have to pay increased National Insurance contributions, and that a teacher earning £42 per week will have to pay a further 65p on top of his £1 per week National Insurance contribution; and whether she will advise her representatives on the Burnham Committee to press for further increases in the salaries of teachers in general, and those earning above £42 per week in particular.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeTeachers are being offered a pay increase from 1st April. The higher rates of national insurance contributions are payable from 20th September. The answer to the last part of the question is "No".