HC Deb 25 April 1950 vol 474 c781
59. Mr. Osborne

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals he has received from the Trades Union Congress Special Economic Committee recently on wage restraint; and what action he is taking to save the wage stabilisation policy from the collapse which now threatens it.

Sir S. Cripps

My talks with the Special Economic Committee of the T.U.C. have not been of such a nature as to involve proposals by either party to the other. As regards the second half of the Question, the implications in which I do not accept, I would refer the hon. Member to the passage in my Budget speech about wages.

Mr. Osborne

Is the Chancellor aware that last week the labour correspondent of "The Times" in his report—and he is a responsible journalist—suggested that suggestions were made to the Chancellor by the T.U.C. Special Committee? Could the House be told as soon as something is reported?

Sir S. Cripps

The hon. Member must not believe too much of what he sees in the Press.

Mr. Osborne

In "The Times "?