§ 81. Mr. WRIGHTasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can report any improvement in the administration of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1924, in respect of the payment of women's wages?
Mr. GUINNESSThe wages and conditions applied by the Agricultural Wages Committees to women workers in the Orders made under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act remain generally unchanged, but I have no reason to suppose that the Orders generally are not sufficient to meet the circumstances of women's employment. In view, however, of representations which have been made to me, I am proposing to make inquiries as to the actual conditions under which women are employed in each county.