HC Deb 03 February 1966 vol 723 c258W
28. Mr. Ridley

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, in view of the fact that the earnings of shipbuilding workers rose by 20 per cent. during 1965, whether he will refer the wages of shipbuilding workers to the National Board for Prices and Incomes.

Mr. George Brown

Earnings in shipbuilding and ship repairing rose by about 12 per cent. between November, 1964, and November, 1965.

We shall be watching closely to see to what extent the increase in earnings is being matched by an increase in productivity.