§ 49. Mr. Graham Whiteasked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement with regard to the efforts being made for the formulation of a scheme for the payment of wet time in the building trade?
§ The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Brown)The promotion of a supplementary scheme under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935, to cover wet time is primarily a matter for employers and workers in the building industry, and they are in touch with my Department on the subject.
§ Mr. LeachIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that in Bradford the city engineer managed on a certain occasion to guarantee every building worker a full week's work, and also provided them with facilities for working whether the weather was wet or fine?