HC Deb 28 April 1972 vol 835 cc367-8W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) whether he will seek to arrange a meeting with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress to discuss the possibility of introducing a national system whereby all workers will be compelled to work overtime and on their normal rest days on instructions of their employers;

(2) whether, at the next meeting of the National Economic Development Council he attends, he will raise the question of making it the universal practice that all workers have to work overtime and on their normal rest days when requested to do so by their employers.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

No

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