§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the average earnings of manual workers in the gas supply industry.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanThe latest issue of the Department of Employment New Earnings Survey for April 1972 showed average weekly earnings of full-time adult male manual workers in gas, excluding those whose pay was affected by absence, to be £35.50. (The comparable figure, including those whose pay was affected by absence, would be £34.70.)