HC Deb 06 December 1933 vol 283 c1487
54. Mr. BURNETT

asked the Minister of Labour the rate of wages paid to kerb makers in Great Britain and Mysore, respectively?

The MINISTER of LABOUR (Sir Henry Betterton)

At roadstone quarries in the East of Scotland the recognised minimum time-work rate of wages for kerb cutters is 1s. 4¼d. per hour. I am obtaining information concerning rates of wages in other districts which I will send to my hon. Friend. With regard to the rates of wages in Mysore, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to him on July 27th last by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade.

Mr. BURNETT

Do not these figures imply that the Mysore worker gets two hours' pay for his day's work?