WORKERS' WAGES. (Hansard, 10 November 1926)

§ 19 and 20. Mr. R. MORRISON
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether any wage increases have been obtained by bodies of workers during the present year; and, if so, in what trades or occupations;
(2) whether he can state the trades and occupations in which the workers have suffered decreases of wages during the present year?

§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND
Particulars of all changes in rates of wages known to the Department are published in the "Ministry of Labour Gazette." I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the more important cases of net increase or reduction during the present year up to the end of October.

§ Mr. TAYLOR
Is it still the view of the Prime Minister that all wages must come down?
The following is the list. According to the information available in the Ministry of Labour, the following are the more important bodies of work-people who have been reported as having received net increases in rates of wages during the present year up to the end of October:

Iron ore miners and limestone quarrymen—Cumberland.

Ironstone miners—Cleveland.

Explosives workers (certain classes only)—Great Britain.

Blastfurnace workers—Cleveland.

Brickmakers—Peterborough.

Aerated water makers—Great Britain.

Papermakers (women and lower-paid men only)—Great Britain

Civil engineering workers — Great Britain (except in certain smaller districts).

Building trade workers—Liverpool and district.

Electricity supply workers—London.

Male agricultural workers—Bedford, Huntingdon, Berkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Shropshire, Anglesey and Carnarvon.

The following are the more important bodies of workers who have been reported as having sustained not reductions in rates of wages during the same period:

Shale miners and oil workers—Scotland.

Blastfurnace workers (tonnage workers only)—North Staffs and Scotland.

Blastfurnace workers (except labourers)—Cumberland.

Steel smelters (except lower-paid men)—England and Scotland.

Steel sheet millmen—England and Wales.

Iron puddlers and millmen—North of England, Midlands and Scotland.
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Iron and steel workers (except lower-paid men in certain sections)—South Wales.

Electric cable makers—Great Britain.

Iron and steel wire drawers—Great Britain.

Bedstead makers—Birmingham and District.

Chain makers—Midlands.

Linen workers—Northern Ireland.

Carpet workers—Great Britain.

Textile bleachers, dyers, finishers, etc.—Yorkshire, Lancashire and Scotland.

Boot and shoe makers—Great Britain.^*

Seed crushers and oil millers—Great Britain.

Railway traffic workers (except men in receipt of minimum base rates) —Great Britain.

Coal tippers—Great Britain.

Omnibus drivers and conductors—London.

Road transport workers—Scotland

STATEMENT 1. NO. 1.
Statement showing the amount of subsidy paid in respect of sugar and molasses, respectively, in each financial year since the introduction of the subsidy.
Factory.	Sugar.	Molasses.
1924–25.	1925–26.	1926–27 to 6th Nov., 1926.	1924–25.	1925–26.	1926–27.to 6th Nov., 1926.
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1.	Cantley	272,517	7	9	331,934	17	0	104,048	19	11	16,482	12	3	28,937	16	10	22,977	18	2
2.	Kelham	119,188	14	4	86,224	5	10	44,507	15	6	9,758	18	7	17,312	14	2	132	13	9
3.	Ely	—	187,599	15	0	117,168	14	9	—	4,133	17	7	26,123	14	5
4.	Ipswich	—	57,034	1	2	80,032	13	0	—	3,945	10	0	—
5.	Colwick	74,092	11	8	150,022	17	11	24,993	2	2	—	1,266	10	9	—
6.	Spalding	—	—	8,267	1	10	—	—	—
7.	Kidder-minister.	—	63,163	15	2	23,052	7	10	—	—	—
8.	Poppleton	—	—	1,019	0	1	—	—	—
9.	Wissington	—	48,725	2	10	4,819	8	6	—	1,543	7	5	3,120	9	1
10.	Bury St. Edmunds.	—	73,603	4	8	45,360	18	0	—	6,536	16	10	13,195	17	5
11.	Greenock	—	2,759	4	7	—	—	1,346	1	3	—
12.	Peter borough	—	—	8,059	2	1	—	—	—
	Total	465,798	13	9	1,001,067	4	2	461,329	3	8	26,241	10	10	65,022	14	10	65,550	12	10