HC Deb 20 January 1954 vol 522 cc165-6W
73. Mr. Awbery

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what requests have been received from the rubber workers' unions of Malaya to set up wages council machinery to settle wages rates in the rubber industry; and what steps he is taking to carry this out.

Mr. Hopkinson

The Rubber Workers' Union has formally applied for the establishment of a wages council, and in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Wages Council Ordinance, the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association has been notified of the application and asked for its observations.