§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the reference to a minimum wage of £44.50 in paragraph 17 of the White Paper "Winning the Battle Against Inflation" (Cmnd. Paper No. 7293), was intended to be a minimum for all adult males or a minimum for higher grades of adult male workers to which he made reference in his answer to the hon. Member for Thurrock (Dr. McDonald), Official Report, 7th February, columns 185–86.
§ Mr. John GrantThe Governments provisions to help the low-paid are intended for the benefit of all such workers, whether male or female and whatever their grade.