§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) whether, on the implementation of the Boyle Committee's report on top salaries, or any amended form thereof, so far as the chairman of the National Coal Board is concerned, he will take steps to advance the wages and salaries of all of those within the service of the National Coal Board on the same basis; and what his estimates would be of the costs involved in these increases to maintain comparability;
(2) whether he will give an assurance that, on the Government implementing the Boyle report on top salaries so far as it affects top-paid chairmen of the nationalised industries falling within his ministerial responsibility or any amended form of this report, the other staff and employees within these industries will be able to claim their same relative pay rates on a comparative basis and maintain their differentials irrespective of the 10 per cent. or any other amended form of wage and salary restraint.
§ Mr. BennThe Boyle report only covers the four groups within its standing remit and it would be inappropriate to extend its recommendations further.