§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service, now that the Government have announced an increase of £250 per annum retrospective to April 1973 in the salary of the Head of the Home Civil Service, why he will not increase the salaries of all civil servants in the Home Department by the same amount, retrospective to April 1973.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerAll non-industrial civil servants have received a stage 2 increase effective from 1st April 1973, determined in each case, subject to the relevant provisions of the stage 2 code, by the established means for those concerned.