Duration of Section 2

Part of Orders of the Day — Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 November 1972.

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Photo of Mr Arthur Lewis Mr Arthur Lewis , West Ham North 12:00, 14 November 1972

The figures which the hon. Gentleman has produced show that the trade unions have been more than reasonable if they are correlated with the fact that during the same period the Government agreed to a £2,800 a year increase, which represented a 39 per cent. increase and 58 per cent. increase in two years, to none other than the chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board who is not so essential to the wealth of the country as the miners, bricklayers, carpenters and others.