HC Deb 14 May 1928 vol 217 c684W
Mr. HASLAM

asked the Minister of Agriculture approximately the average wage of the agricultural worker in Great Britain as distinct from the average minimum wage; and the average amount of earnings, taking into account piecework?

Mr. GUINNESS

No statistics are available on which any reliable estimates can be framed of the actual average wages or total earnings of agricultural workers as distinct from the legal minimum rates of wages, but certain references to the matter are made in the Second Annual Report of Proceedings under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act, a copy of which, together with the Third Report, I am sending to my hon. Friend.

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