Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rory Stewart and Marsha De Cordova

Tuesday 10th July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Rory Stewart]

We have been in discussion with the Treasury, and we got clearance this week to begin discussions with the unions on the question of pay. Of course pay matters, but we have also learned real lessons about recruitment. As I say, ensuring that we are not simply doing national recruitment campaigns but are specifically targeting Oxford markets and working in the relevant universities is really beginning to get results. We are filling places much more rapidly, and by the spring of next year, we should be fully staffed.

[Marsha De Cordova (Battersea) (Lab)]

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