§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he is aware 140W that recent industrial pay agreements include a clause binding the employer, in respect of any increase which may be stopped or postponed by Government action, to pay the full accumulated amount at the end of the period of restriction; and whether, in view of this, he will now give a general direction to British Railways that pensions should be calculated on the amount which would have been paid but for the standstill.
§ Mr. Frederick LeeMy right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour has received notification of an agreement containing the type of clause mentioned by the right hon. Gentleman. The agreement is being studied.
With regard to the second part of the Question, I would refer the right hon. Gentleman to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mr. Fowler) on 27th April, 1967, and to the reply given to him on 15th June by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport.—[Vol. 745, c. 326–7; Vol. 748, c. 136.]