§ Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of prosecutions undertaken for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act, 1924, for failure to pay rates at not less than the minimum rates; the total amount of arrears of wages ordered to be paid by the courts; and the total amount of fines imposed?
§ Mr. ELLIOTDuring the 12 months ended 31st May, 1936, the Ministry instituted 92 prosecutions under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act in respect of failure to pay wages at not less than the minimum rates. The total amount in arrears of wages ordered by the courts to be paid in these cases was £2,068, and the fines imposed amounted to £240.