§ 62. Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Minister of Agriculture if he can give the rates of wages and hours of labour worked in the State-subsidised beet-sugar factory at Cupar, Fife, in December last, for crane men, locomotive men, engineers, and labourers, respectively?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Sir John Gilmour)I have been asked to reply. I cannot at present give the information requested in the question, but I am making inquiry on the subject.
Mr. BECKETTWill the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind, when making his investigation, that the British State-subsidised works in Po and are getting labour at under 1s. a day?