HC Deb 23 October 1990 vol 178 cc154-5W
25. Mr. Colvin

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects his proposals for new long-term negotiating machinery on teachers' pay to be operative.

Mr. Eggar

My right hon. Friend has made it clear that he intends to introduce legislation at the earliest opportunity to establish new permanent pay negotiating machinery for teachers.

38. Mr. Holt

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the average earnings for teachers in(a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) higher and further education in each major EEC country for the latest year for which statistics are available; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eggar

Some information on EC teachers' salaries in 1985 is published in a detailed research report "The Conditions of Service of Teachers in the European Community", published by the European Commission in 1988 (pages 133 to 160). A copy is available in the Library.

60. Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received regarding teachers' pay.

Mr. Eggar

My right hon. Friend receives frequent representations from the teacher unions and others about teachers' pay and conditions.

84. Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the response from interested parties to his proposals for local authority discretion in teachers' pay bargaining, announced on 23 July.

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received in response to his proposals for a new pay negotiating machinery for teachers.

Mr. Eggar

My right hon. Friend has received a number of representations from the teacher unions and others commenting on aspects of his proposals to establish new pay determination machinery for teachers.