HC Deb 21 June 1988 vol 135 c519W
17. Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent progress has been made towards the establishment of a permanent body to negotiate schoolteachers' pay and conditions.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

I have already held preliminary discussions with the local authority associations and teacher unions about the Green Paper on future machinery. I intend to hold further discussions over the next few months.