asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that the principle of equal pay for men and women has been accepted by Parliament on a number of occasions and that Her Majesty's Government signed the United Nations Charter in 1945, he will seek to extend equal pay to all workers as has been done for non-industrial civil servants, teachers and local government officers.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Clapham (Mrs. McKay) on 6th May.