§ 18. Mr. KIRKWOODasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the average wage paid to ordinary agricultural labourers in Scotland on one or more dates in each year since 1913, both for men and for women?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Sir John Gilmour)As the answer includes a tabular statement I propose, with the hon. Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
§ Particulars are not available for all the years covered by the hon. Member's question. The following are the estimated average weekly wages (including the value of wages paid in kind) of married ploughmen and of women respectively at Whitsunday in each of the years named:-
| Married Ploughmen. | Women. | |||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| 1914 | … | … | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1920 | … | … | 55 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1922 | … | … | 42 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1923 | … | … | 39 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1924 | … | … | 38 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1925 | … | … | 39 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1926 | … | … | 39 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1927 | … | … | 38 | 6 | 23 | 0 |