§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Minister of Aviation into which category of exceptions to Her Majesty's Government's incomes policy, as outlined in paragraph 15 in the White Paper on Prices and Incomes Policy, the increase in salary announced on 13th April for 1,100 pilots of British European Airways of 8.2 per cent., back-dated to last October, with provision for a further increase in 1966 of 42 per cent. and another increase in 1967 of 4 per cent., comes.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe last previous award to B.E.A. pilots, other than Comet pilots who received an increase in October, 1962, had been in September, 1961. The present settlement was in an advanced stage of negotiation and the terms on which agreement was reached had already been offered before publication of the White Paper. I understand that in return for the salary increases the pilots have undertaken to co-operate in a number of measures which together are expected to achieve an improvement of from 4 to 8 per cent. in productivity.