§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to restore the right of employers to negotiate with their teacher employees on pay and conditions of employment to conform with the ruling of the International Labour Organisation.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend and I have met with representatives from the local authority employers and the teacher unions to hear their responses to the Government's proposals for a teachers' negotiating group. These are the first in what we expect will be a series of meetings. Our aim is to establish new permanent machinery by 1990.