§ 19. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what action he will take in cases such as those where women finance and insurance clerks were 41.6p an hour behind their male counterparts in April 1975 and 55.4p an hour behind in April 1976 after getting a 15.4 per cent. rise compared with the men's 20.5 per cent.
§ Mr. John GrantIf the effects of labour turnover are eliminated from the figures to which my hon. Friend is referring they show that women's earnings rose faster than men's over the period concerned.