§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider the introduction of a system whereby all public sector employees receive their annual pay awards on the same date.
§ Mr. BoothThe dates on which employees, including public sector employees, receive their annual pay awards are a matter for the negotiators concerned, subject only to the normal practice of observing a 12-month interval between settlements, which is, of course, a condition of the current pay policy.