§ Mr. Lomasasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the orders that have been made under Part IV of the Prices and Incomes Act showing the number of persons involved in each case, the name of the firm, and the amount involved; and whether the majority of the persons employed, by the firms concerned were members of a trade union or not.
§ Mr. Frederick LeeI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Belfast, North (Mr. Stratton Mills) on 17th March. Since that date two further Orders have been made under Section 29 of the Prices and Incomes Act, 1966 as follows:
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Title of Order Approximate number of persons affected Amount of increased pay involved The Temporary Restrictions on Pay Increases (20th July, 1966 Levels) (No. 5) Order 1967 80 15 per cent. Birmingham Corporation Transport Department The Temporary Restrictions on Pay Increases (20th July, 1966 Levels) (No. 6) Order 1967 450 3d. per hour (plus 1½ hour reduction) Autocar and Transporters Ltd. Auto Delivery Services (Birmingham) Ltd. Barnett Transport Conveyances (Rednal) Ltd. Car and Commercial Deliveries Co. Ltd. Car Care Delivery Company Carrington (Rednal) Ltd. Challenor Car Delivery, Cheall, Knowles & Co. Ltd. Dealers Delivery Services Ltd. Furness and Parker Ltd. Merseyside Car Delivery Services Ltd. Midland Deliveries Ltd. Motor Vehicle Transporters Ltd. Progressive Deliveries Holdings Ltd. Reliability Car Collection and Delivery Co. Ltd. Safe Car Delivery Co. Co. Ltd. Tessal Delivery Services Ltd. The Orders which have been made affect both trade union members and non-unionist employees. I do not have sufficient information available to show in how many cases trade union members constitute a majority of the employees involved.—[Vol. 743, c. 164–6.]