§ Mr. Craven-Ellisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer will he instruct his advisers to investigate whether the recent recommendations for a £3 a week minimum wage for farm-workers will be productive of an inflationary effect on the finances of the country?
§ Sir R. Gowerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered from the point of view of inflation the effect of making the payment of £3 weekly to agricultural workers dependent upon the adjustment of agricultural produce prices; and whether he will ask for a Report from his advisers on this matter?
§ Sir K. WoodI would refer my hon. Friends to the recent White Paper on Price Stabilisation and Industrial Policy (Cmd. 6294). The effects of the recent decisions in regard to farm workers are under my consideration.