§ 21. Mr. Andrew MacKayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has any plans to meet the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers to discuss teachers' pay and conditions.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend would welcome an approach from the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers, and any of the other teachers' unions, to discuss teachers' pay and conditions of service.
26. Mr. John Mark Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the latest position regarding negotiations with the teaching unions and the teachers' employers.
§ Mr. Lofthouseasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on teachers' pay and conditions.
§ 31. Mr. Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on teachers' pay and conditions.
§ 33. Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on teachers' pay and conditions.
§ 34. Mr. Nichollsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current position on the teachers' pay negotiations.
§ 35. Mr. Cabornasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on teachers' pay and conditions.
§ 39. Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on teachers' pay and conditions.
§ 40. Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current position regarding teachers' pay and conditions of service.
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§ 44. Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on teachers' pay and conditions.
§ 51. Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the pay and conditions of teachers.
§ 52. Mr. Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the most recent developments in the teachers' pay dispute.
§ 58. Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the teachers' dispute about pay and conditions.
§ 69. Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on teachers' pay and conditions.
§ 89. Mr. Flanneryasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement regarding the teachers' pay dispute.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI refer hon. Members to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Cornwall, South East, (Mr. Hicks).
§ 53. Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received in respect of the Government's intention to repeal the Remuneration of Teachers Act 1965; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend has not as yet received any formal representations in response to the proposals in the Bill which he introduced on 28 November to repeal the Remuneration of Teachers Act and make new arrangements for determining school teachers' pay. Reaction to the announcement in the Queen's Speech that the RTA was to be repealed was generally favourable.
§ 86. Mr. Ray Powellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his policy towards the settlement on teachers' pay and conditions negotiated between the teachers' unions and employers.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend indicated the Government's position in relation to the negotiations between the teacher unions and the local authority employers in a statement to the House on 27 November.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state which are the paragraphs of the Main report in the remuneration of teachers in Scotland on which he bases his requirements for differentials in his proposed pay scales for teachers in England and Wales.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend's proposals for a pay structure for teachers in England and Wales drew on careful consideration of chapters 10 to 12 of the Main report. I refer in particular to paragraphs 10.5–6, 10.11, 11.9–10, 12.24 and 12.27.