Captain TERRELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture what is the definition, as accepted by the Agricultural Wages Boards, of a market gardener; and how are the wages of men defined when the employer carries on with the same staff the joint business of farming and market gardening?
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Sir ARTHUR BOSCAWENThe Agricultural Wages Board have not finally accepted a definition of a market gardener. They have published a notice of proposal to fix a differential minimum rate of wages for workmen of 21 years and over in Essex, who are employed wholly or mainly in connection with the use of land for a market garden, by an employer who is engaged in the trade or business of market gardening. Any objection to this proposal may be lodged before the 4th March next. After that date the Agricultural Wages Board will consider all objections and decide whether an Order shall be made on the subject; and, if so, in what terms.