HC Deb 17 July 1930 vol 241 c1445
11. Mr. KELLY

asked the Minister of Labour whether the various Departments have been informed that one of the conditions of employment in the clothing trade is an annual holiday with pay; and whether contracts for clothing are given under the condition that this holiday operates for the employés of such contractors?

Miss BONDFIELD

I am informed that, in accordance with an understanding recently reached between organisations of employers and workers in the clothing trades, the employers' organizations

The only available statistical information on this subject consists of the figures compiled by the International Labour Office with regard to the cost of food, fuel, Tight and soap. The international Labour Office have published the figures given in the following Table relating to retail prices, in January, 1930, of these commodities, taken in quantities representative of the average international working-class consumption of an adult male:—
Index Numbers of the cost of Food, Fuel, Light and Soap in France, Germany and Great Britain in January, 1930 (Great Britain—100).
Country. Number of towns in respect of which price data were obtained. Index numbers of comparative cost.
Food. Food, fuel light and soap.
France … … … … … 4 95 97
Germany … … … … … 6 106 106
Great Britain … … … … 7 100 100
These comparisons are subject to important reservations, as to which reference should be made to the "International Labour Review" for April, 1930.
There are no comparable statistics of retail prices of other articles, including clothing, entering into working-class family consumption, or of the cost of housing accommodation.