§ 42. Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Agriculture the approximate number of women yearly employed working on the land, and the average rate of wages paid to women in agriculture?
§ Major Sir HARRY BARNSTONI have been asked to reply. Female workers employed on agricultural holdings above one acre in extent in England and Wales as returned by occupiers on 4th June, 1920. numbered 104,556, of whom 62,949 were classed as regular workers and 41,607 as casual workers. The minimum rates of wages fixed for women under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act range from 3frac34;d. to 6d. per hour, but sufficient particulars are not available to enable me to estimate the average of the wages actually paid.