Mr. John Mark Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his latest information as to which of the teachers' unions agree with the employers' side majority proposals; and which do not.
§ Mrs. RumboldI understand that at the Burnham committee meeting of 7 January only two unions—the NUT and AMMA—confirmed their wish to adopt the proposals made by the majority on the employer's side. The remaining unions—NAS/UWT, NAHT, SHA and PAT—did not. This compares with the four unions which signed the ACAS document on teachers' pay and conditions after the Nottingham/London talks in November, and the five unions which signed the Coventry heads of agreement in July 1986.