Company Directors' Salaries

HC Deb 24 October 1968 vol 770 cc375-6W

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she is aware that a company, details of which have been supplied to her, have during the past year increased their directors' fees and emoluments by 5.93 per cent.; and what action she has taken, or intends to take, to study this and similar reports and to ensure that

and if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for male, female and juvenile unemployment in each year.

Mr. Fernyhough

Following is the information:

increases in company directors' salaries and fees are treated in the same way as the pay of lower-paid wage earners.

Mr. Harold Walker

As I indicated to my hon. Friend on 22nd July, I do not propose to answer Questions on individual cases of this nature. The general question of higher salaries is still being investigated by the National Board for Prices and Incomes.—[Vol. 769, c.7–8.)