§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting which he had recently with representatives of Civil Service unions about referral to arbitration of their pay claims.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyMy right hon. Friend wrote to the unions concerned on 2 May to tell them that on grounds of public expenditure policy he was unable to refer their pay claims to arbitration.