§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary o f State for Economic Affairs on what authority the National Board for Prices and Incomes went beyond its terms of reference given by the Minister of Labour and the First Secretary of State on 12th May, 1967, in its subsequent Report No. 49, Pay and Conditions of Service of Engineering Workers, published 19th December, 1967.
§ Mr. Frederick LeeThe comments and recommendations made by the Board in Report No. 49 were all relevant to the questions which were referred to it and the Board's study of them.