§ Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Labour the rate of wages per hour, and for a normal week's work, paid to men and women engaged in the plain-net trade; and what increases in wages have taken place in the trade during the last two years?
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§ Mr. LAWSONWages in this trade are governed by scales of piece-work prices, under which the rates paid vary according to the nature of the work. Apart from an agreed minimum time-work rate of 60s. a week for warpers, I have no information as to the hourly or weekly wages of the workpeople. There has been no general change in the rates of wages during the last two years.