§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of claimants to whom the four-week rule was applied in each quarter since the rule was first introduced in 1968.
§ Mr. DeanFollowing is the information:
consider his decision to freeze the agreed pay claim of the National Union of Public Employees, in view of the industrial action by hospital workers on this matter and its effect on patients.
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§ Sir K. JosephI remain of the view that as soon as guide lines are known for the next stage of the Government's policy for controlling inflation, negotiations should be resumed on the claim made by all unions representing hospital ancillary staff.