§ Lieut.-Colonel Macnamaraasked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government proposes in the near future to 201W introduce any measures with a view to raising the wages of farm workers?
§ Sir R. Dorman-SmithAgricultural wages are subject to the minimum rates fixed by the Agricultural Wages Committees established under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act, 1924, and the committees have full power to increase such rates if they consider that the circumstances of the agricultural industry within their particular area warrant it. In these circumstances the introduction of further legislative measures is unnecessary.