§ 51. Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what progress has been made in consultations between the Government, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trades Union Congress and wages councils on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Industrial Relations with regard to wages councils; and whether she will make a statement.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThree separate meetings have been held with the chairmen and leaders of the workers' and employers' sides of the wages councils; the T.U.C. and C.B.I. were associated with the discussions with their respective sides. Other organisations of employers in the retail distributive trades are being consulted and I hope that it will be possible for discussions with the C.B.I. and T.U.C. to take place very shortly. Until these consultations have been completed I cannot make a statement about the Government's detailed proposals for wages councils.