§ Mr. COOPER RAWSONasked the Minister of Transport whether he is in a position to make any statement with regard to the local authorities in the West of England which have commenced municipal quarrying and are paying wages at lower rates than those fixed by the national joint industrial council for the industry concerned?
§ Mr. GOSLINGAs a result of very careful inquiries, I am advised that the conditions of the Fair Wages Clause are in fact being observed by the local authorities in the West of England in respect of whose quarrying operations complaints have been received.