§ 14. Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will initiate a study of the relation between demands for leisure and wage demands in commerce and industry with the aim of establishing national target dates for a four-day working week; if she will initiate discussions with the Trades Union Congress and the Confederation of British Industry on the extension of leisure; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerNo. But the National Board for Prices and Incomes has been asked to consider the general question of the relationship between the length and pattern of the working week and earnings, costs and productivity during the examination it is now making of overtime and shift working.