§ Mr. SEDDONasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the trades to which wages awards have been extended to cover the whole of the trades for which a request has been made; and whether he can give a decision in the cases under his consideration on the 13th August last?
§ Sir R. HORNEI have made fifteen orders extending wages awards or agreements to cover the whole of the particular industry concerned. With the hon. Member's permission, I will send him a statement of these orders. I am not sure what cases the hon. Member has in mind in the last part of his question, but the decision on all requests which have been made for such orders has been duly communicated to the persons by whom the request was made. The power to make these orders has now been withdrawn by the lapse of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, and it is impossible to consider the making of further orders.