§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from senior lecturers in Scottish further education colleges about stage 2 of the Houghton recommendations and the current Government wages policy; and what replies he has sent.
§ Mr. BoothA number of representations has been received and I met both sides of the Scottish Teachers Salaries Committee on 24th March. In the replies given, it has been confirmed that there is no scope for implementing the Houghton stage 2 restructuring for senior lecturers under the current pay policy.