§ Mr. L. SCOTTasked the Minister of Labour whether new minimum rates of wages have recently been submitted to him for confirmation under the Trade Boards Act in the grocery and provision trade; is he aware that they were passed by the Trade Board by a majority of only three against a minority of 25 members; that at the date they were passed by the Trade Board the cost of living was 175 2091W per cent. above 1914 whereas to-day it is only 128 per cent. above 1914; and whether, seeing that if confirmed by him the new rates would have the immediate result of either pushing up food prices or causing unemployment in the grocery and provision trade, he will, in the interest of the public, as well as of the employers and employed in the provision trade, postpone any confirmation pending further consideration?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI would refer my hon. and learned Friend to the answer, of which I am sending him a copy, given yesterday to questions on this matter.