§ Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what action the Government are taking to implement the EEC proposal, dated 27th July 1975, that the principle of a 40-hour week and four weeks' annual paid holiday should be 517W implemented by 31st December 1978; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe Government supported the EEC recommendation on the basis that its progressive achievement was a matter for collective bargaining, subject to the requirements of counter-inflation policy.