§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received concerning the effect of rescinding the 1946 fair wages resolution in relation to changes in the wages and holidays of workers employed by industrial cleaning companies on contracts in the public sector.
§ Mr. GummerThe fair wages resolution applied in terms to central Government Departments only, and not to other parts of the public sector.
The minimum rates of pay and paid holidays of cleaners employed on Departmental contracts for the cleaning of Government offices were dealt with under Treasury arrangements which, in practice, were independent of the fair wages resolution.