HC Deb 22 June 1931 vol 254 cc26-8
68. Mr. GRAY

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state the minimum wages paid to, and hours of work of, agricultural labourers in each agricultural county in England and Wales?

Dr. ADDISON

I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement giving the particulars which the hon. Member desires to have.

Mr. BROCKWAY

Can the right hon. Gentleman give us the highest minimum and the lowest minimum, respectively?

Dr. ADDISON

It is a fairly long table, and it relates to hours and wages. The hon. Member will see it to-morrow.

Following is the statement:

MINIMUM BATES OF WAGES for ordinary Male Agricultural Workers of 21 Tears of Age and over in each Agricultural Wages Committee Area in England and Wales, as fixed by Orders of the Agricultural Wages Board, in force on 22nd June, 1931.
Agricultural Wages Committee Area. Minimum Wage Per Week. Number of hours in respect of which the Minimum Weekly Wage is payable.
Summer. Winter.
s. d.
Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 30 6 50 48
Berkshire 30 0 50 50
Buckinghamshire 31 0 50 48
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 30 0 50 48
Cheshire 35 0 54 54
Cornwall and Scilly Isles 32 0 51 51
Cumberland and Westmorland Summer 32 6 54 48
Winter 31 0
Derbyshire 36 0 54 54
Devonshire 32 6 52 50
Dorset 30 0 53½ 48
Durham 31 0 50 50
Essex 30 0 50 48
Gloucestershire 30 0 50 48
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 6 53½ 48
Herefordshire 31 0 54 48
Hertfordshire 31 0 48 48
Kent 32 6 52 48
Lancashire:
Eastern Area 41 0 60 60
Northern Area 37 6 60 60
Southern Area 33 6 50 50
Leicester 34 0 56½ 54
Rutland 32 6
Lincolnshire:
Holland 33 6 50 48
Kesteven and Lindsey 32 0 53 48
Middlesex Summer 34 4½ 50 48
Winter 33 0
Monmouthshire 32 0 54 50
Norfolk 30 0 50 48
Northamptonshire and Soke of Peterborough 30 0 50 48
Northumberland 32 0 52½ 48
Nottinghamshire 32 0 50 50
Oxfordshire 30 0 50 48
Shropshire 32 6 54 54
Somerset 32 0 52 50
Staffordshire 31 6 54 54
Suffolk 28 0 50 48
Surrey 32 3 50 50
Sussex 31 0 52 48
Warwickshire 30 0 50 48
Wiltshire 30 0 50 48
Worcestershire 30 0 52 48
Yorkshire:
East Riding 35 0 52½ 48
North Biding 33 0 52½ 48
West Biding 36 0 52½ 48
Anglesey and Caernarvon 31 0 50 50
Carmarthenshire 31 0 54 54
Denbigh and Flint 30 6 50 50
Glamorganshire 35 0 52 48
Merioneth and Montgomery 30 0 54 54
Pembroke and Cardigan 31 0 54 52
Radnor and Brecon 31 0 54 50