§ 40. Mr. Emeryasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will safeguard the job comparability studies already carried out in dealing with the pay of civil servants; and if he will ensure that negotiations can proceed on the basis of the evidence produced by the Pay Research Unit.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe Civil Service unions have been assured that the Government will implement the pay research settlements negotiated with them and that the settlements will be staged, with the details of the staging a subject for negotiation. The joint processing of the pay research data is continuing with all possible speed and substantive negotiations based on this data cannot begin until this stage has been completed.