§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she is aware that barmaids employed in Carlisle were refused wage increases under the Government's prices and incomes policy but were subsequently granted them on changing their designation to industrial civil servants; whether workers in other industries by changing their description of employment will be allowed increases; and whether she will use this method to resolve the present dispute in the building and civil engineering industry.
Mr. WalkerThe barmaids employed in the Carlisle State Management Scheme were industrial civil servants before their recent pay increase. The award was not based on any redesignation. The points made in the second and third parts of the question do not therefore arise.