§ 57. Mr. Shinwellasked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the system prevalent in the United States of America of employers' supplementary payments to work people dismissed from employment, details of which are in his possession; and whether he will bring this method to the notice of employers' organisations through the National Joint Advisory Council.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodI am aware of the collective agreements concluded in 1955104W by trade unions in the United States with various employers, including the three big motor corporations, and known as the Supplementary Unemployment Payments Plan, and so also are the British Employers' Confederation and the Trades Union Congress who are represented on the National Joint Advisory Council.