§ 46. Mr. LAWSONasked the Prime Minister whether the arrangements with the coalowners with regard to wages, which are contained in his latest proposals for the settlement of the coal dispute, are based upon the substitution of district agreements for the national minimum percentage?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have no information as to the wages which will be offered, beyond the assurance which communicated to the House on Tuesday last. The assurances to which I then referred included the owners' offer of 30th April, which contained a uniform national minimum of 20 per cent. over 1919 standard.