§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Employment what use he intends to make of his conciliation machinery with regard to the National Union of Mine-workers in the period before the ballot vote is held on whether its members should take industrial action.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe wage increase and proposals on holidays offered by the NCB and rejected by the executive of the NUM are at the limit allowable in stage 2 of the counter-inflation policy. In these circumstances, I see no scope at present for conciliation.