§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list the reasons which prevent him from calculating the percentage increase in rates and earnings represented by the proposed increase of 4½sd. an hour for craftsmen in the water supply industry; and if he is now able to confirm that the settlement falls within the prices and incomes policy as recently restated.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonThe percentages are those I gave in reply to the hon. Member's Question on 5th March.
322Wwill give details of the amounts granted from public funds to Rhondda Borough Council for each financial year from 1962–63 to 1966–67.
§ Mr.SkeffingtonThe information is as follows:
The answer to the second part of the Question is that the Government have accepted that an increase is justified under incomes policy but the details of the settlement are still under discussion with the industry.—[Vol. 760, c. 55.]