§ Mr. Ernest G. Perryasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the £1 a week increase awarded to British airlines cabin staff in January comes within the scope of the pay freeze legislation.
§ Mr. OnslowThe increases payable with effect from 1st January 1973 to cabin staff employed by British Airways Group airlines were permitted under the provisions of paragraph 12 of the White Paper "A Programme for Controlling Inflation: The First Stage" (Cmnd. 5125). This made it clear that the standstill does not apply to increases in earnings resulting directly from extra effort or output under existing arrangements.
§ Mr. Ernest G. Perryasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why Her Majesty's Government have not allowed gas manual workers to negotiate increases of £1 per week.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanThe British Gas Corporation, like all other employers, is subject to the overall limit on pay increases during stage 2 of the counter-inflation measures set out in Cmnd. 5205. Consistent with this, the corporation has offered its manual workers increases on basic rates of £2.24 a week.