HC Deb 07 November 1980 vol 991 c695W
Mr. Bob Dunn

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to place teaching staff on a renewable contractual basis.

Dr. Boyson

Teachers are employed by local education authorities or, in some cases, by the governing bodies of schools or colleges, and their contracts are a matter for negotiation between them and their employers. My right hon. and learned Friend has no statutory power to intervene in these negotiations.