§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the terms of the contract made with Miss Geraldine Bennett to teach in Port Stanley; and why she was asked to teach a subject other than the one for which she was recruited.
§ Mr. WhitneyMiss Bennett was recruited on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government for a post qualifying for supplementation payments under the overseas service aid scheme. A number of teachers were recruited immediately after hostilities, and inevitably the precise requirements of the timetable established when the islands' schools re-opened meant that some teachers were asked to fulfil a slightly different role from that envisaged during their interviews in the United Kingdom.