§ 21. Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the latest figure for the number of firms on which discretionary sanctions have been imposed for alleged breaches of the pay guidelines.
§ Mr. HealeyI refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 12th January.—[Vol. 941, c.790.]
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, pursuant to the Chief Secretary's reply to the hon. Member for Melton on 26th January 1976, it remains his policy that firms threatened with blacklisting should be heard in their own defence; if so, whether he will now give details of the method by which (a) S. Redfern of Manchester, (b) Reynolds Tanker Services of Lydney, Gloucester, (c) J. W. Spencer Engineering of Redhill, Surrey, and (d) James Mackie and Sons of Belfast were heard; and upon what date or dates this took place.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI have nothing to add to the reply given to the hon. Member on 9th December.—[Vol. 940, c. 923–4.]
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether any recent pay settlement involving Vauxhall 763W Motors Ltd. was in excess of the 10 per cent. pay guidelines; if so, by how much; and whether he will list the discretionary sanctions which he has imposed upon the company;
(2) whether he will list the discretionary sanctions which he has required to be imposed upon road hauliers in the West Midlands, following the agreement in excess of the 10 per cent. guidelines between the West Midlands area of the Road Haulage Association and the Transport and General Workers Union; and, in view of the fact that this is a collective agreement, whether he intends that these sanctions should be imposed upon all firms which are members of the association, or only on those which actually implement it;
(3) whether any members of the West Midlands area of the Road Haulage Association are included in the 19 firms on the black list on 12th January; if so, how many; and, if not, what is the number of members who have ben blacklisted, but not included in the published figure;
(4) what discretionary sanctions, if any, he imposed between his discovering that the wage settlements in the plumbing, electrical, and heating and ventilating industries were in excess of stage 3 and the decision of the wages negotiating bodies in thise industries to renegotiate the settlements; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI do not think it appropriate to give details of particular cases.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many of the 19 firms on the black list on 12th January have broken the pay guidelines under (a) stage 1, (b) stage 2 and (c) the present voluntary arrangements;
(2) what is the current figure of firms on the black list for breach of stage 3; and whether all 11 of the firms which were on it on 28th November were also included (a) in the 19 on it on 12th January and (b) in those on it now.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe number of firms blacklisted is as follows: five firms in breach of both rounds 1 and 2; five in breach of round 2 only; and nine in breach of this round only. No firms have764W been removed from the black list since 28th November.