§ 83. Mr. ACLANDasked the Prime Minister when he will be in a position to make a statement to the House as to the Government's proposals for the future management of the railways and as to the negotiations with the National Union of Railwaymen on standardisation of wages?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo proposals for the future management of the railways have been put forward by the Government, though new machinery for the settlement of wages disputes and for the inclusion of representatives of railway labour on a railway advisory committee are under discussion, and hope to make an announcement on this point at an early date. Negotiations on standardisation of wages are not completed, and cannot say when I am likely to be able to make a statement of the result.
§ Mr. ACLANDDoes an early date mean in this case before Christmas?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt depends on the progress of the negotiations. I have no complete control over them.