§ Mr. Meacherasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will clarify whether his declared intention to use Phase 3 to sort out anomalies will mean that the fair comparisons criterion will be fully met in the Civil Service pay claim.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI cannot anticipate the measures to be taken in stage 3.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he intends that the recent pay research unit findings will be implemented for civil servants at the end of the period of freeze on incomes.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerIf the evidence from the pay research unit shows that problems of relativities and anomalies remain after the negotiation of Civil Service increases for stage 2, they will be considered alongside others in relation to stage 3 of the counter-inflationary programme.