§ 96. Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Lord President of the Council if he has completed his discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to the promised increase in pay for the catering staff of the House of Commons; and whether he can now give the date to which the pay award will be back dated.
§ Mr. MaxwellI have been asked to reply.
As I stated on 23rd October, the pay of catering staff in the House of Commons has been increased by an average of 10 per cent. This award is not backdated, but came into force on the reassembly of the House after the Summer Recess.—[Vol. 751, c. 371.]