HC Deb 04 December 1972 vol 847 c324W
Mr. Urwin

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has made of the extent of wage drift in the construction industry due to the influence of inflated payments to labour-only subcontractors.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

From the information available it is not possible to estimate the effect of payments to labour-only sub-contractors on local or market wage rates.