§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if all members of trade unions affiliated to the TUC are a party to the social contract;
(2) if members of trade unions which are not affiliated to the TUC are a party to the social contract.
§ Mr. BoothI would refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Mailing (Mr. Stanley) on 3rd December.—[Vol. 882, c. 1328.]
§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many wage settlements he knows of in which the Conciliation and Arbitration Service played a part; and which are outside the terms of the social contract.
§ Mr. BoothI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Chingford (Mr. Tebbit)—[Vol. 880, c. 210.]—on 7th November 1974. This applies to settlements where the Conciliation and Arbitration Service assists with negotiations as much as it does to others.
§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he proposes that the Conciliation and Arbitration Service should be given a formal obligation to observe the terms of the social contract.
§ Mr. BoothNo. Whether a settlement is or is not within the terms of the social contract can only finally be a matter for the two negotiating parties and not for the Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will 323W now publish the social contract as a White Paper.