§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state the average weekly wage of farm workers in the years 1935 to 1939 and 1945 to 1949.
Mr. T. WilliamsThe average weekly minimum rates of wages for adult male regular workers in agriculture in England and Wales over the years in question were as follows:
s. d. 1935(a) 31 8 1936(a) 32 1½ 1937(a) 33 1 1938(a) 34 5½ 1939(a) 34 8½ 1945 68 9 1946 74 2 1947 82 8 1948 90 0 1949(b) 93 0 (a) average of county rates. (b) 94s. from 13th March, 1949. Comparative statistics of actual earnings in these years are not available.