§ Mr. Miscampbellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he plans to introduce legislation to correct the anomaly which has led to some teachers failing to receive a redundancy payment under his Department's voluntary redundancy scheme for teachers; and if he will make arrangements to compensate these teachers on an ex gratia basis.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Employment Bill provides for teachers in voluntary aided schools to be put in the same position as teachers in county schools as regards statutory redundancy payments associated with premature retirement. That change would not be retrospective, however, and my right hon. Friend has no power to make ex-gratia payments to deal with past cases.