§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the 20 categories of employees, working for wages nationally agreed between employers and unions, which are the highest paid and the lowest paid, respectively, on basic rates; and what are the actual basic rates.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkNational collective agreements differ in the number and variety of categories of employee for which rates are specified and the dates from which increases operate, and it is therefore not possible to make comparisons of the kind requested.
I refer my hon. Friend to the detailed information about the main terms of all major national collective agreements set out in the annual publication, "Time Rates of Wages and Hours of Work", and in the monthly "Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Work".
§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment which general categories of employees have had no basic rate wage increase since 1st May 1972.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkComprehensive information is not available about every category of employee who has, or has not, had an increase in basic wages since a given date.