32. Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the Leamington Town Council is not paying the standard rate of wage to a number of navvies employed on its housing scheme; and whether he will suspend the payment of any subsidy to this council until it complies with the provisions of the Fair-Wages Clause?
§ The MINISTER of HEALTH (Dr. Addison)I understand that these navvies are employed in breaking existing roads to connect with the existing main sewer the drains laid by the contractors for the housing scheme. I am informed that there is no standard rate of wages in the district for such men, but that they are being paid at the rate normally paid by the Council and other employers in the neighbourhood for similar labour.