§ 23. Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will offer to the parties concerned in the university teachers' pay dispute the option of reaching a settlement for phased rectification of anomalies over a period of two years backed by a guarantee of implementation on the lines of that offered to the firemen.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsIt is open to the negotiators for the university teachers and the university authorities to offer any suggestions they may think appropriate. The hon. Member will not expect me to anticipate the outcome of the negotiations which have now started.