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Mr. Beith
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to set up a general teaching council.
Dr. Boyson
My right hon. and learned Friend would like to see teaching as a self-governing profession. If the parties concerned could agree on the basis on which a teachers' professional council might be established, he would be ready to play his part in taking the matter forward.