§ 22. Mr. Foxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the trend in the rate of increase in average earnings in recent months.
§ Mr. AlisonThe underlying increase in average weekly earnings during the three months to March 1982 was about ½ per cent. a month, compared with ¾ per cent. a month in the corresponding period last year, primarily reflecting the lower level of pay settlements in the current pay round.