§ Mr. Francis Noel-Bakerasked the Minister of Transport if she will give a general direction to British Railways to attract highly-qualified staff at satisfactory rates of pay at all levels, and to give senior artisan grades such as drivers and signalmen salaried status.
§ Mr. John MorrisNo. We support the Railways Board in its aim to have a smaller but better paid staff, and this is being taken fully into account in the discussions now going on between representatives of the Board and the unions under the chairmanship of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour.