on the extent to which overtime is in fact worked, and will be reporting to us. His estimate is that the extended overtime arrangements are unlikely to be used to any great extent in view of extra cost. It is in any case the intention to bring the maximum overtime limits back to 100 hours as soon as possible after the transition period. It is reasuring that the recent trend of overtime has been downward.
I hope that this further clarification of our motives and objectives may be of some reassurance to you. May I sey in conclusion how much I appreciate your writing to me as you have done, since it has made it possible for me to reply more fully than would have been possible in the confines of a Parliamentary Answer.
(SHEPHERD)