HC Deb 12 December 1977 vol 941 cc49-52W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, as a means of preventing recurring industrial

Basic minimum at 31st July 1975 Non-enhanceable Supplements Total statutory minimum remuneration
Cost of Stage 3
Council Living addition Earnings Stage 1 Supplements Stage 2 In operation Proposed
Aerated Waters (England and Wales). 18.35 4.40 6.00 2.50 — — 31.25
Aerated Waters (Scotland) … 28.65 — 3.20* 2.50 3.25 — 37.60
Boot ans Shoe Repairing … 24.00 — 6.00 2.50 — — 32.50
Button Manufacturing … 22.40 — 1.60* 2.40 3.60 — 30.00
Coffin furniture and Cerement Making. 19.60 — 5.80 2.50 — 3.30 27.90 (31.20)
Corest … … … … 22.90 — 6.00 2.50 — — 31.40
Cotton Waste Reclamation (Great Critain). 23.20 — 5.20 2.50 — — 30.90
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales). 22.90 — 6.00 2.50 — — 31.40
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland). 21.90 — 6.00 2.50 — — 30.40
Flax and Hemp … … 28.78 — 6.00 2.50 — — 37.28
Fur … … … … 25.00 — — 2.50 — — 27.50
General Waste Materials … 25.20 — 6.00 2.50 — — 33.70
Hairdressing Undertakings … 19.35 — 4.00 — — 4.50 23.35 (27.85)
Hat, Cap and Millinery … 22.21 — 6.00 2.50 — — 30.71
Lace Finishing … … 22.80 — 6.00 2.50 — — 31.30
Laundry … … … 22.00 — 5.90 2.50 — — 30.40
Licensed Non-residential Establishment. 19.95 — 6.00 2.50 — 3.85 28.45 (32.30)

disputes against the Government's 10 per cent. guideline, he will advise employers and trades unions that they are permitted to negotiate agreements permitting payment and facilities for travelling to and from their place of employment and home, provided these arrangements are not in excess of those now permitted to Ministers of the Crown and their top civil servants.

Mr. Harold Walker

It is for those concerned with pay determination to decide their own priorities but the overall cost of any settlement should include the cost of any additional fringe benefits and be within the guidelines set out in Cmnd 6882.

Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table listing all wages councils' awards during each of phases 1 and 2 of the incomes policy and during phase 3, including offers, to date, showing current wage rates in each case and distinguishing between basic wages and nonenhanceable supplements.

Mr. John Grant

The information as at 1st December 1977 is given below. Supplements awarded under stages 1 and 2 took the form of non-enhanceable earnings. Where these supplements have been consolidated by stage 3 awards, they now count for overtime purposes.

Basic minimum at 31st July 1975 Non-enhanceable Supplements Total statutory minimum remuneration
Cost of Stage 3
Council living addition Earnings Stage 1 Supplements Stage 2 In operation Proposed
Licensed Residential Establishment. 27.50 — — 2.50 4.00 — 34.00
Linen and Cotton … … 23.40 — 6.00 2.50 — — 31.90
Made-up Textiles … … 21.20 — 6.00 2.50 — 3.30 29.70 (33.00)
Ostrich and Fancy Feather … 24.40 — — 2.50 5.50 — 32.40
Perambular and Invalid Carriage. 27.00 — 6.00 2.50 — — 35.50
Pin Hook and Eye … … 25.50 — 6.00 2.50 — 3.40 34.00 (37.40)
Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring. 22.92 — 6.00 2.50 — 3.20 31.42 (34.62)
Retail Bespoke Tailoring (England and Wales). 24.53 — 5.20 2.50 — — 32.23
Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Scotland). 22.00 — 6.00 2.50 — — 30.50
Retail Bookselling and Stationery (Great Britain). 25.50 — 2.50* 2.50 4.00 — 34.50
Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (England and Wales). 24.25 — 2.35* 2.50 — 4.00 29.10 (33.10)
Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (Scotland). 23.60 — 2.10* 2.50 2.80 — 31.00
Retail Drapery, Outfitting and Footwear. 25.60 — 6.00 2.50 — — 34.10
Retail Food Trades … … 25.70 — 2.10* 2.50 — 4.00 30.30 (34.30)
Retail Food Trades (Scotland) 25.00 — 2.10* 2.50 — 4.00 29.60 (33.60)
Retail Furniture and Allied Trade (Great Britain). 26.50 — 2.50* 2.50 — 4.00 31.50 (35.50)
Retail Newsagency (Englandand Wales). 24.20 — 6.00 2.50 — — 32.70
Retail Newsagency (Scotland) 21.35 — 6.00 2.50 — — 29.85
Road Haulage … … … 21.66 3.20 6.00 2.50 — — 33.36
Rope, Twine and Net … 25.60 — 6.00 2.50 — — 34.10
Rubber Proofed Garments … 21.49 — 6.00 2.50 — 3.20 29.99 (33.19)
Sack and Bag … … … 24.00 — 6.00 2.50 — — 32.50
Shirtmaking … … … 22.70 — 6.00 2.50 — 3.20 31.20 (34.40)
Toy Manufacturing … … 22.80 — 6.00 2.50 — — 31.30
Unlicensed Place of Refreshment. 21.92 — 6.00 2.50 — — 30.42
Wholesale Mantle … … 22.92 — 6.00 2.50 — 3.20 31.42 (34.62)
* Transitional cases which topped up.

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what action he has taken or is considering for policing the 10 per cent. wage awards which are based on productivity, and other awards, as a means of circumventing the Government's guidelines; and under what statutory arrangements such policing arrangements are to be established in the new year.

Mr. Harold Walker

As I have previously indicated to my hon. Friend, the great majority of employees who have settled in the current round have observed this guidance. I therefore have no proposals to add to the general arrangements set out in paragraphs 15 and 16 of Cmnd. 6882 for backing up pay policy.