§ Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males and females were registered as unemployed at the Bexhill, Hailsham and Rye employment exchanges on 15th July 1973; and how many of these were over 55 years of age, under 18 years of age and school leavers, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows the unemployed by age groups on 9th July 1973. The figures are provisional:
which are refusing to make a movement towards implementation of equal pay for women; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkEmployers are obliged to introduce equal pay by 29th 231W December 1975. Clearly, the majority of firms would be ill-advised not to begin phasing in equal pay well in advance of the legal deadline and my Department has recently issued a leaflet emphasising the desirability of orderly progress. The Price and Pay Code for phase 2 allows such progress by making provision for the gap between men's and women's rates to be reduced by one-third outside the pay limit.