HC Deb 23 June 1930 vol 240 cc812-3W
Mr. RAMSBOTHAM

asked the Minister of Labour (1) the corresponding weekly wages of skilled cotton textile workers, male and female, in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia;

(2) The corresponding weekly wages of motor car and motor omnibus drivers in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and Denmark at the present time?

Major COLVILLE

asked the Minister of Labour (1) the corresponding weekly wages of agricultural labourers, male and female, in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and Denmark, at the present time;

(2) The corresponding weekly wages of gas and electric workers in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and Denmark at the present time?

Mr. WOMERSLEY

asked the Minister of Labour (1) the corresponding weekly wages of skilled motor engineers in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and Denmark at the present time;

(2) The corresponding weekly wages of machine-tool makers in Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Czechoslovakia at the present time?

Miss BONDFIELD

I regret that statistics of the corresponding weekly wages in the occupations and countries named are not available. Certain particulars of the hourly rates paid in a number of occupations and towns in these countries (with the exception of Belgium) are published in the "International Labour Review" for April, 1930, a copy of which is, I understand, in the Library of the House of Commons.