§ Mr. Biffenasked the Secretary of State for Employment by what means he is informed of cash equivalents of pay settlements, after taking into account the adjustments for changes in working conditions, in the private sector where he has been informed that an industrial dispute is taking place.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Doncaster on 8th August, 1972. There are no general arrangements for terms of settlements to be reported to my Department, whether or not an industrial dispute has been taking place.—[Vol. 842, c. 354.]