§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Minister for Energy what is expected to be the percentage addition to their total wages bill as a result of the recent power workers' settlement.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinIt is estimated that the recent settlement reached in the National Joint Board (Electricity Supply Industry) which provides for staged increases in payments for out-of-hours working will, when fully implemented in February 1974, add between 1½ per cent. and 2 per cent. to the salary bill of the staff concerned.