§ 54. Mr. van Straubenzeeasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware that, consequent upon the reference to the National Board for Prices and Incomes of the salaries of chief officers in local government service, the Deputy Engineer and Surveyor of Easthampstead Rural District Council is now being paid less than his assistant; and whether he will authorise the council to increase the salary of the the council to increase the salary of the Deputy Engineer and Surveyor accordingly.
§ Mr. MacCollI am aware that in a number of local authorities the salaries of218W Chief Officers and their deputies are now out of step with those of their subordinates. The Prices and Incomes Board in its forthcoming report will no doubt take this situation into account. Meanwhile in accordance with the Government's policy on prices and incomes my right hon. Friend has asked local authorities not to make interim awards which might prejudice the Board's recommmendations.