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Ms Walley
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with (a) local authority associations and (b) trade union representatives on national conditions of service for pa ra-professional staff and those on term-time only contracts; and if he will make a statement. [132499]
Yvette Cooper
Ministers of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister have no discussions with local authority associations or trade union representatives on these issues. Pay and contractual arrangements for support staff are determined at local level.