HC Deb 20 January 1972 vol 829 c222W
49. Mr. John D. Grant

asked the Secretary of State for Employment which arbitration bodies he has written to concerning their attitude to Government pay policy; in what terms he has written to them; and what replies he has received.

Mr. Bryan

Letters have been sent to the Industrial Arbitration Board, the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal, the Post Office Arbitration Tribunal and to variousad hoc boards of arbitration and single arbitrators drawing their attention to the statement which the Chancellor made in the House on 9th November, 1972, on the community interest in restraining inflation and enclosing a copy of the statement. The only reply that my right hon. Friend has received was from the President of the Industrial Arbitration Board who wrote to him in confidence.