§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will give for the longest most convenient stated period of time full details of the various freely negotiated wage settlements which have been stopped or delayed in payment by Her Majesty's Government or any of their appointed agencies, the number and types of workers affected and during this period the number and types of price increases which have been stopped or reduced by Government intervention.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerListed below are cases in which pay increases have been the subject of a statutory Order under Part IV, or of a Direction under Part II, of the Prices and Incomes Act 1966, together with the number—in some cases approximate—of workers involved in each case. Also listed are the numbers of the relevant Statutory Instrument or Report by the National Board for Prices and Incomes in which can be found details of the coverage of each Order or Direction. In the case of the Direction concerning Members of the Association of Film Laboratory Employers, the248W coverage is to be found in a Notice of Direction published in the London Gazette on 8th August this year.
As regards prices, one statutory Order (S.I. No. 1321/1966) was made under Part IV of the Prices and Incomes Act, 1966, concerning certain laundry and cleaning charges.
Following is the information:
I. PAY STANDSTILL ORDERS MADE UNDER PART IV OF THE PRICES AND INCOMES ACT 1966 Name of firm or, organisation Number of workers affected Statutory Instrument Number Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd. 200 1365/66 National Newspapers 25,500 1380/66 Rockware Glass 56 1444/66 Metropolitan Police Draughtsmen 49 1468/66 Printing Ink Industry 2,000 1630/66 J. Hanger & Co. Ltd. 150 98/67 Denby Pottery 500 106/67 Crown Bedding 20 216/67 Press Association Ltd. 400 217/67 Birmingham Corporation (Transport Department) 80 424/67 Longbridge Group of Delivery Agents 450 515/67 Royal Borough of Rothesay 20 608/67 Electrical Contractors' Association of Scotland 5,000 617/67 Harland and Wolff Ltd. 630 830/67
II. STANDSTILLS IMPOSED ON PAY INCREASES BY DIRECTIONS MADE UNDER PART II OF THE PRICES AND INCOMES ACT 1966, ACCOMPANIED BY REFERENCE TO THE N.B.P.I. Name affirm or organisation Number of workers affected Cmnd. number of N.B.P.I. report Road Passenger Transport Municipal Buses 71,000 3605 Draughtsmen employed by Beckman Ltd. 7 3632 Draughtsmen employed by the Steel Group of Companies 33 3632 Rochdale County Borough Council busmen 423 3723 City and County of Bristol dock undertaking 366 3752 Sawmilling industry 4,000 3768 Dundee City Corporation busmen 815 3791 Thermal Insulation Contracting Industry 8,000 3784 Wigan County Borough busmen 509 3845 Great Yarmouth County Borough Council busmen 120 3844 Electrical Contracting (Scotland) 10,000 3966 Exhibition Industry 4,800 4088 Members of the Association of Film Laboratory Employers 3,000 not yet published.