§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will give for the longest convenient stated period of time details of the wage and salary increases that she has referred to the National Board for Prices and Incomes together with the result of their findings and similar details for price increases on goods and services as charged to the general public.
§ 2. Mr. Harold WalkerI would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer I gave to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Peyton) on 28th January.—[Vol. 776, c. 308–12.]. Since then 7 references have been made to the National Board for Prices and Incomes: 4 on prices questions and 3 on incomes questions.
Below is a statement of these references.
The Board's findings are available in the published Reports of the Board.
Price References
Proposals by the London Transport Board for fares increases.
- Man-made fibre and cotton yarn prices.
- Prices of non-alloy bright steel bars.
- Remuneration of Solicitors.
Incomes References
Pay and duties of light-keepers.
The pay settlement reached on 1st December, 1968 between the Newspaper Publishers' Association and the National Union of Journalists.
A settlement and certain proposals relating to the pay of workers employed in the exhibition industry.
Note
The Board have published Reports on the following references listed as outstanding in the previous Answer.
16WPrices References
Manufacturers prices of synthetic organic dyestuffs and organic pigments.
Incomes References
Top salaries in the private sector and nationalised industries. Pay and productivity in the car delivery industry. Two settlements and a question relating to the pay of general workers and craftsmen employed by Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Pay in the London Clearing Banks. An agreement relating to the pay of certain workers employed by members of the Electrical Contractors' Association of Scotland. An award relating to the salaries and job maxima of certain staff employees of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. A question relating to the pay of agricultural workers in England and Wales.