§ 68. Captain STRICKLANDasked the Minister of Labour whether there is any difference in the agreed rate of wages paid to motor lorry drivers by transport organisations and by railway companies, respectively?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR(Mr. R. S. Hudson)The wages and conditions of 1856 employment of the two categories of lorry drivers mentioned are not established on a uniform basis, but are separately negotiated. In the case of the railway motor lorry drivers, the wages and conditions of employment are settled by agreements between the railway companies and the National Union of Railwaymen. In the case of motor lorry drivers employed by transport concerns other than railway companies, wages and conditions of employment are negotiated by the National Joint Conciliation Board for the Road Motor Transport Industry (Goods) in respect of England and Wales, and by the Scottish Conciliation Board for the Road Transport Industry (Goods) in respect of Scotland.
§ Captain STRICKLANDCan my hon. Friend say whether there is in fact a lower rate of pay given to railway lorry drivers than to motor transport drivers?
§ Mr. HUDSONIt would be quite impossible, within the bounds of the answer to a supplementary question, to state which, if either, are the better paid.