§ 35. Mr. Nicholas Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what conditions were attached to the participation of the National Union of Teachers in the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service-assisted talks; and whether the National Union of Teachers accepted those conditions.
§ Mr. Chris PattenAt the meeting of the Burnham Committee on 9 May the entire teachers' panel, including the NUT, gave an assurance that there would be a return to peace and calm in schools immediately, noted and supported the ACAS-assisted talks and undertook to cooperate in every respect, and agreed that the payment of £519 or 5.5 per cent. from 1 April 1986 was without prejudice to any subsequent consideration by Burnham in the light of progress in those talks. On this basis the management panel was happy to accept renewed NUT participation in the ACAS-assisted talks.