asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she is satisfied that the present differential between salaries in the London music colleges and other institutions of higher education should be continued.

My right hon. Friend recognises that an anomaly exists, but does not propose to anticipate the findings of the Central Arbitration Committee which, I understand, is currently considering a claim made under schedule 11 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 on behalf of certain teaching staff at the Royal College of Music.