HC Deb 11 July 1978 vol 953 cc506-7W
Mr. Kimball

asked the Secretary of State for Industry when he expects to receive Lord McCarthy's report on the Post Office engineers' differences with the Post Office.

Mr. Les Huckfield

My right hon. Friend has asked Lord McCarthy to seek a speedy settlement but it is not appropriate to impose a time limit. Lord McCarthy has had a series of meetings with the parties to the dispute, and I understand that he expects soon to put to the Post Office and the union some suggestions about how the dispute might be ended.