HC Deb 05 November 1969 vol 790 cc150-1W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in amending the standard conditions of Government contracts to require contractors to conform to the provisions of the Race Relations Act, it is the Government's intention to revoke contracts.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Where complaints of discrimination are received affecting employers who hold Government contracts, full use will be made of the machinery of the Race Relations Act, 1968 to investigate them. That machinery is directed towards the settlement of such problems by conciliation. I do not therefore expect that the question of cancelling existing contracts will arise.