§ Dr. Edith Summerskillasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the increased prosperity which has accrued to the nurserymen of the Lea Valley as a result of the Government's tariff policy, he will take steps to restore to the workers in this industry the wage rates they formerly enjoyed under a decision of the Hertfordshire Wages Committee at a time when the industry was less prosperous?
§ Mr. RamsbothamThe fixation of minimum rates of wages for the various classes of workers employed in agriculture (including market gardens and nursery grounds) is a matter solely within the discretion of the Agricultural Wages Committees.