§ Mr. Biffenasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will ask the National Board for Prices and Incomes to indicate in the report 219W they are now preparing how a percentage measurement can be made of the work of a journalist employed by London and Manchester national newspapers.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe National Board for Prices and Incomes is required to pay regard to the Government's Productivity, Prices and Incomes Policy and will consider the relevance of the productivity criterion when it makes its examination of the recent pay settlement affecting London and Manchester journalists.
§ Mr. William Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will now make a statement on the journalists' pay claim.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerMy right hon Friend has today referred to the National Board for Prices and Incomes for examination the pay agreement reached on 1st December, 1968, between the Newspaper Publishers' Association and the National Union of journalists.