§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Cambridgeshire, North-East of 14 May, Official Report, column 106, whether he will appoint an independent body to carry out the review of membership numbers of the teachers' unions or to audit the numbers submitted to him.
§ Sir Keith JosephNo. I shall exercise the powers given to the holder of my office under section 1 of the Remuneration of Teachers Act 1965 directly, as my predecessors have always done.