§ 20. Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress of the negotiations on teachers' pay.
§ 34. Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current state of negotiations on teachers' pay.
§ 47. Mr. Cockeramasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the mistake made by the Clegg Commission in calculating the comparability award for teachers is to be rectified in the present negotiations for the 1980 teachers' wage award.
§ Mr. Mark Carlisle: The Burnham committees in England and Wales has taken note of the error reported by the Standing Commission, but has confirmed that formal agreements were reached following the Standing Commission's original recommendations. The management panels have accordingly reduced their offers for further increases from 1 April 1980 from 13 per cent. to 9.2 per cent. in order to rectify the situation. The teachers have not accepted these offers and the differences between the two sides have been referred to arbitration.
§ 42. Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will investigate changes in the future system of teacher remuneration.
§ Mr. Mark Carlisle: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Garston (Mr. Thornton).