§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity on what criteria the terms of reference to the National Board of Prices and Incomes are based.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe scope of possible references to the Board is set out in Section 2 of the Prices and Incomes Act, 1966. The terms of particular references are decided in the light of the circumstances in each case.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many references to the National Board for Prices and Incomes have been confined to questions of wages and conditions; and how many have included, in addition to wages and conditions, some or all of prices, profits and productivity.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerOf the 74 references to the N.B.P.I. which have concerned the pay and conditions of particular groups of workers, 22 have contained a specific reference to productivity, 2 a specific reference to prices, and 6 a specific reference to both productivity and prices. The references to prices were normally to the effect of pay changes on prices.