§ Mr Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Northampton, North on 15 December on rates of pay, if he will make an estimate for 1980 on the assumption of known changes in parity and nationally negotiated wage increases in other EEC countries and the United States of America.
§ Mr. Jim LesterI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.