§ Colonel PERKINSasked the Minister of Labour the rate of wages paid to steel workers in Great Britain, Holland and Belgium?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDIn steel works in Great Britain the recognised time rates of wages of unskilled adult main labourers range, in different districts, from about 38s. 6d. to 45s. for a full week of six days or shifts. Skilled men are paid mainly according to output, and data as to their wages are not available; but, according to information collected by the National Federation el Iron and Steel Manufacturers, the earnings of all workpeople employed at iron and steel works in March, 1926, averaged 63s. 1d. per week. I regret that similar particulars are not available as to the wages of steel workers in Holland and Belgium.