§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many women he estimates will be affected by the Equal Pay Act.
§ Mr. John Fraser:I am sorry that it is not possible to estimate the number of women who will be affected by the Equal Pay Act.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on his expenditure on publicising the Equal Pay Act and the steps that have been taken in this regard.
§ Mr. John Fraser :To date I have spent the sum of £71,400 on publicising the Act —£67,110 on advertising in the Press and
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Cost to the Government Event Date Location £ Sixth Annual Conference and Exposition on Offshore Technology … … May 1974 … Houston, U.S.A. … 36,800 European Exhibition for Petroleum Technology … … … … May 1974 … Amsterdam, Holland … 19,000 Offshore North Sea Oil and Gas Exploitation Exhibition … … … … September 1974 Stavanger, Norway … 33,300 Offshore International … … … … October 1974 … London … … … 20,500 £4,290 on explanatory leaflets. I have it in mind to arrange further publicity, paid and unpaid, and directed at both employees and employers, before the Act comes into force at the end of this year.