§ 119. Mr. ANDERSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to make any statement regarding the proposed fixing of a minimum wage for all low-paid workers?
§ Mr. PRETYMANThe Board of Trade-are considering the whole question of the desirability and practicability of extending after the War the operation of legal minimum rates of wages for women and the best machinery for securing any such extension, but I am not in a position to make any statement on the subject at present. I may take this opportunity of correcting a misunderstanding, to which unofficial Press reports of a recent deputation appear to have given rise, by saying that I stated that this question, which obviously presents many difficulties, is being examined.
§ Mr. SNOWDENIs the question being restricted to consideration of the application of a minimum wage to women only, and not to low-paid workers generally?
§ Mr. PRETYMANI must ask for notice-of that.
§ Mr. SNOWDENYou said so in your reply.