Wages Councils

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 December 1986.

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Photo of David Heathcoat-Amory David Heathcoat-Amory , Wells 12:00, 16 December 1986

In view of my hon. Friend's reply, will he calculate the opposite effect on employment of introducing a statutory minimum wage? While he is doing that, can he add to that the effects on employment of shutting down American bases, phasing out nuclear power stations and imposing mandatory sanctions against South Africa? Does he agree that if the Labour party came to office such policies would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs?