HC Deb 20 January 1969 vol 776 cc4-5W
Mr. Alison

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what addition, in percentage terms, to any nationally negotiated wage settlement for the engineering industry she estimates will arise from the detailed application of such a settlement, with its productivity guide lines at plant level.

Mr. Harold Walker

It is not possible to estimate the cost of plant agreements which may be negotiated but any such agreements will have to be separately justified under the productivity, prices and incomes policy and any additional costs covered by savings.