§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if it continues to be the Government's policy that pay and conditions of employment should be a matter 24W for mutual agreement between employers and employees or their representatives and not subject to interference by third parties; and if this policy applies in the public sector to an equal extent as in the private sector.
§ Mr. AlisonIt continues to be the Government's policy that pay negotiations, both in the private and public sectors, should be the responsibility of the employers and employees, or their representatives, concerned; and that it is for them to decide what role, if any, should be played by third parties.