HC Deb 28 February 1951 vol 484 c296W
Sir W. Smithers

asked the Postmaster-General to state the rates of pay and allowances in Cable and Wireless at the time of nationalisation; and the present scales.

Mr. Ness Edwards

The details requested by the hon. Member would take up several columns of the OFFICIAL REPORT. Direct comparison between the two periods would be difficult, since the variable profits bonus in operation up to 1st January, 1947, was consolidated as from that date. Other factors would need to be allowed for, such as changes in the basic rates on which overtime and pension are calculated. Moreover, some of the scales differ according to dates of recruitment. If the hon. Member wishes to have any specific particulars, I shall be glad to provide them.