HC Deb 19 April 1967 vol 745 cc119-20W
Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether meetings of the committee of inquiry into the use of labour in the construction industry will be held in public;

(2) by what date he has asked the Phelps Brown Committee to report;

(3) whether he will give an assurance that the report of the Phelps Brown Committee will be published in full.

Mr. Gunter

I understand that the Committee has decided to hold meetings in private. Professor Phelps-Brown and his colleagues are pursuing their inquiries vigorously, but the matters covered by the Committee's terms of reference are complex and far-reaching and the Minister of Public Building and Works and I have not fixed a date by which we expect the Committee to report. It is intended to publish the Committee's report in full.