HC Deb 03 March 1969 vol 779 cc25-6W
Mr. Kitson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she has yet held discussions with the National Federation of Building Trades Employers and the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives regarding the implementation of the Phelps Brown Report.

Mr. Harold Walker

My right hon. Friends the Secretary of State and the Minister of Public Building and Works met the N.F.B.T.O. on 30th January and the N.F.B.T.E. on 18th February to discuss the Phelps Brown Report. Officials of interested Departments are now engaged in more detailed consultations with the industry about the legislative proposals in the Phelps Brown report.

June each year from 1956 to 1966. The following table shows the information, where it is available, for the dates specified. For 1965 and 1966, June figures have been shown for the Development Areas and for Great Britain outside the Development Areas.