Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Building and Works – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 December 1968.
For the very simple reason that, when Phelps Brown issued the Report, we did the proper thing and supplied it to the industry—both employers and unions. Up to a week or so ago, we had not received any official replies. In a matter like this, it would be wrong for the Government to state a policy without having carried the industry with them.