§ Mr. Rankinasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will introduce legislation to end the existing system of fragmented negotiations on the wages of airport employees and replace it by a single body covering all British airports.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsNo. As my hon. Friend will know, the National312W Board for Prices and Incomes has in Report No. 128 recently recommended the establishment of common negotiating machinery to cover all airport ground staff employed in the public sector. Urgent discussions are taking place with all the interested parties, and any further action that may prove necessary will be considered in the light of those discussions.