§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what requests he has received from directors of local education authorities and from teachers to provide further financing with a view to terminating the present teachers' dispute.
§ Sir Keith JosephI have received about 1,000 letters from teachers, many arguing that additional resources should be made available for teachers' pay. I have also received a letter from the chief education officer of360W Sheffield local education authority enclosing a copy of a statement by the chairman of the authority's schools subcommittee expressing similar views.