§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment which classes of retail employers are covered by wages councils.
§ Mr. NichollsEmployers engaged in the retail sale of items listed in schedule 2 to the Retail Trades Wages Council (Non-Food) (Abolition and Establishment) Order 1979 (Statutory Instrument No. 863 1979) and the Retail Trades Wages Council (Food and Allied Trades) (Abolition and Establishment) Order 1979 (Statutory Instrument No. 862 1979) are covered by the retail non-food and retail food wages councils respectively. Copies of the statutory instruments have been placed in the Library.