§ Captain BAGLEYasked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement of the average or prevailing rates of wages and hours in July, 1914, and at the present time, of representative classes employed in the following industries, trades, and callings: coal mining; iron and steel trades; transport railway service; shipbuilding; carting; house building; dock labour; agriculture and fishery; boot and shoe manufacture; paper making; food production; printing and bookbinding; cotton, woollen, and hosiery industries; distributive trades; and clerical and teaching professions?
§ Sir ROBERT HORNEA statement is being prepared giving such particulars as are available, and it will be sent to the hon. Member within the course of a few days.