§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average industrial wage in each of the European Economic Community countries, expressed in sterling, and given the exchange rates used in converting to sterling.
§ Mr. John GrantThe table appended gives the average gross hourly earnings of manual workers in industry in each of the EEC countries at the latest date for which comparative data are available. 169W The earnings are expressed in United Kingdom pounds and have been converted
AVERAGE GROSS HOURLY EARNINGS OF MANUAL WORKERS IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE EEC CONVERTED TO UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS Country Date Average Gross Hourly Earnings based on foreign exchange rates at October 1974 £ United Kingdom … … … … … October 1974 … … 1.00 Belgium … … … … … October 1974 … … 1.41 Denmark … … … … … October 1974 … … 1.93 France … … … … … October 1974 … … 0.94 Germany, Federal Republic of … … … October 1974 … … 1.53 Ireland … … … … … December 1974 … … 0.89 Italy … … … … … April 1974 … … 0.76 Luxembourg … … … … … October 1974 … … 1.61 Netherlands … … … … … October 1973 … … 1.19