HC Deb 16 February 1981 vol 999 c59W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Minister for the Civil Service why the Civil Service pay agreement for the 1981 pay settlement was set aside.

Mr. Hayhoe

The Civil Service pay agreement has been suspended for the April 1981 settlement because the Government decided that in the present economic circumstances the settlement should be based on cash limits, reflecting what the country as a whole could afford, and not on comparability.