§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers' organisations have requested the abolition of the wages councils; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. NichollsIt is not the Department's practice to reveal the content of submissions made by individual organisations. The employer organisations which responded to the Government's consultation document on wages councils were listed in the reply given to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 23 March,Official Report, column 798. As that reply shows, 37 out of 68 employer organisations supported abolition.