§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing at constant price levels (a) the average earnings and (b) the minimum rates of pay of agricultural workers for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. WigginThe information is as follows:
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§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing, on the basis of his latest available information, the average hourly earnings of all full-time employees in agriculture for each of the member States of the EEC.
AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME REGULAR MALE EMPLOYEES: AUGUST 1977
Member state Month of survey Pence Denmark … … … … … …October… … … … … 248 Netherlands … … … … …October… … … … … 242 Belgium … … … … … …October… … … … … 220 West Germany … … … … …September… … … … … 209 France … … … … … …October… … … … … 139 Italy … … … … … …September… … … … … 119 Luxembourg … … … … …September… … … … … 116 United Kingdom … … … … …October… … … … … 111 Irish Republic … … … … …November … … … … 99 The data have been converted from national currencies into sterling at the exchange rates prevailing during the month of survey. Care is needed in interpreting these figures because of differences in the level of national prices and fluctuations in exchange rates.