§ 50. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the leaders of the Electrical Trades Union who support the Government's wage and salary standstill have voluntarily frozen a proposed increase in their salaries; and whether he will therefore meet and discuss with Mr. Sydney Greene, the General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, the possibility of him agreeing to forgo his proposed 25 per cent. increase in his salary for the period of the Government's wage and salary standstill.
§ Mr. GunterI have read the Press reports of the action taken in response to the standstill by Mr. Cannon and members of the E.T.U. executive. In reply to the second part of the question, I have no plans to meet Mr. Greene to discuss his arrangements.