§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that there has been unfair discrimination, examples of which have been submitted to him, in the treatment of the senior staff of British railways as regards increase of remuneration to meet increased costs due to war conditions; and whether he will take steps to rectify this position?
§ Mr. Noel-BakerThe decision not to pay war bonus to railway staff whose salaries exceed £500 per annum, which was taken with the approval of my Noble Friend and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is in keeping with the Government's policy on stabilisation and with decisions of the National Arbitration Tribunal and the Industrial Court in comparable cases.