§ Mr. Derek Pageasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether, in the next phase of development of incomes policy, she will take steps to reduce the imbalance between average incomes in the different regions, bearing in mind the exceptionally low level of earnings in Norfolk.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe differences between earnings in different regions are due to many factors, not all of them within the scope of incomes policy. However, except during the incomes standstill, low pay has always been accepted under the policy as ground for a pay increase.