HC Deb 21 March 1978 vol 946 c520W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Government's new contracts to meet the guidelines on incomes policy apply to all the suppliers of bar and sheet metal.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The new pay clauses in Government contracts apply to contractors and substantial direct sub-contractors for Government supplies and services, but not to suppliers employed by such contractors where such suppliers are not sub-contractors.