§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he has referred the recent wage increase awards of a little over 3½per cent. per annum to Ford and Vauxhall workers to the National Incomes Commission.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe reasons which led the Government to refer to the National Incomes Commission the recent settlement in the engineering industry, requesting the Commission to take account of other recent settlements in the engineering industries, were fully described by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his reply to the hon. Member for Esher (Sir W. Robson Brown) on 4th December.