§ Q13. Mr. A. Lewisasked the Prime Minister to what extent it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to allow freely negotiated wage and salary settlements to be cancelled, reduced, or held in abeyance by Ministerial actions.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Government's policy was set out in Command Paper 1626 and was subsequently clearly stated by my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromley (Mr. Macmillan) in a debate in this House on 26th July last year. Since then it has been explained by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and by other Ministers on a number of occasions.