§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Labour whether proposals concerning rates of wages and working condi- 1740W tions, twice submitted to him by the Grocery and Provision Trade Board, have yet received his sanction; and, if not, will he state his reason for declining his sanction and thereby holding up the work of that Board?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAMy hon. Friend will appreciate the many difficulites arising in connection with the confirmation of the first statutory minimum rates in a large section of the distributive trades at the present moment. I have accordingly referred the rates in question back to the Grocery Boards, and have invited them to reconsider the matter after the publication of the Report of the Committee under the Chairmanship of Lord Cave, which is considering the working and effects of Trade Boards. I have communicated in the same sense with both the English and the Scottish Board.