§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she is aware of the growing practice of public companies employing Members of Parliament at high fees; as this adversely affects the Government's wages, prices and incomes policy, what action she proposes to take to prevent it; and whether she will arrange to refer all such employment agreements to the National Board for Prices and Incomes.
§ Mr. HattersleyI am not aware that the appointment of persons who are also Members of Parliament by public companies is a growing practice and I do not accept the implication that all such appointments are inconsistent with the productivity, prices and incomes policy.