asked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the rate of pay of assistant lighthouse superintendents in Scotland; and how this compares with their counterparts in Trinity House, London.

These are matters for the two employing authorities, Trinity House and the Northern Lighthouse Board.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade, in the light of the fact that men who are promoted in the Northern Lighthouse Service from being ships officers to senior positions are paid more than £1,000 less; what action he proposes to take.

Recent pay awards secured by officers of the Merchant Navy have distorted pay relativities within the Northern Lighthouse Board's management structure. Adjustment is a matter for negotiation between the unions concerned and the Northern Lighthouse Board, within the framework of pay policy.