HC Deb 05 July 1951 vol 489 cc237-8W
71. Miss Burton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many years from now the cost of the full introduction of equal pay in all the public services would reach £25,000,000 a year.

Mr. Jay

£25,000,000 is the approximate cost of introducing equal pay in full at once. The length of time taken to reach this figure on some gradual basis would depend on the basis adopted.