§ Mr. THORNEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government have considered the advisability of instituting a five-day working week in all Government Departments; and if he can state whether there have been any negotiations going on between the Civil Service Whitley Council on the matter?
§ Mr. COOPERI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on the 23rd July to the hon. Member for Edinburgh Central (Mr. Guy).