HC Deb 17 July 1978 vol 954 cc23-4W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) whether, as the remit of the Boyle Committee covered only a selected group of four classifications of the higher-paid persons, he will appoint another commmittee to deal with the question of the wages and salaries of the rest of the workers employed in the groups controlled by these top-paid persons;

(2) whether he will refer to the Boyle committee the question of the incomes of the poorer paid sections of the population, particuarly those below the national average minimum wage, to ascertain what should be the national average minimum wage and how this should be applied;

(3) if he will extend the standing remit of the Boyle committee to include the miners, House catering and administrative staffs, firemen, National Health Service staff and employees, and other groups of workers.

Mr. John Grant

No.