HC Deb 25 July 1929 vol 230 cc1452-3
2. Commander BELLAIRS

asked the Minister of Labour whether she can make a comparison as to the rise in real wages for the steel trade in Great Britain and the United States between 1913 and the latest available date for two comparable districts?

Miss BONDFIELD

I regret that the statistical material available is insufficient to provide a satisfactory basis for such a comparison.

Commander BELLAIRS

Will the Minister obtain information of some kind to enable us to make some sort of comparison if I ask a question next Session?

Miss BONDFIELD

I will do my best, but the tables really are not comparable.