HC Deb 17 February 1978 vol 944 cc389-90W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether Fords Ltd., the National Coal Board, and the electricity industry, which decide to pay their workers £400 per annum for their telephone bills, will be within the 10 per cent. guidelines; and how he will check and monitor such payments by these and other firms.

Mr. Harold Walker

Inquiries of the employers concerned have not revealed any case where the pay guidelines have been breached in the manner suggested.