§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a detailed list giving the times and dates when the head of the Civil Service has circulated letters to all civil servants regarding their 371W salaries and conditions of service and matters relating thereto whilst wage negotiations are in progress; and whether, in each of these cases, consultations took place with the appropriate trade unions before such letters were circulated.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerOn 22nd February the head of the Home Civil Service sent a personal message to all non-industrial civil servants. There have been consultations with the staff associations concerned about the salaries of civil servants, but the message itself was not the subject of prior consultation.