HC Deb 22 October 1973 vol 861 c401W
Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what action he proposes to take on the Commission on Industrial Relations recommendations to abolish cerain wages councils.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

My right hon. Friend has announced his intention to accept the commission's recommendations that the hollow-ware, keg and drum, and stamped or pressed metal wares wages councils should be abolished, but statutory procedures require that notices of intention should be published and objections considered before the abolition orders can be made.