asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in the Fair Wages Resolution approved by this House on 14th October 1946 as set out in Form GS/Stores/1 entitled the "Standard Conditions of Government Contracts for Stores Purchases" published in October 1970.

All contracts placed by my Department in the United Kingdom are let on GC/Stores/1 or other standard conditions of contract which require contractors to observe the provisions of the Fair Wages Resolution.