HOLIDAYS WITH PAY.

HC Deb 25 April 1940 vol 360 cc379-82W

Mr. Mander

asked the Minister of Labour and National Service whether he will give the names of the trade boards and other wage-regulating authorities where orders have been issued requiring employers to provide holidays with pay; the names of those where action is under consideration; and those where no action has been taken?

Mr. E. Brown

pursuant to his reply—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 21st March, 1940; col. 2139, Vol. 358]—supplied the following statement

I. The names of the wage-regulating authorities in Great Britain which have issued Directions under the Holidays with Pay Act, 1938, requiring employers to provide holidays with pay are as follows:

(1) Trade Boards.

Aerated Waters (England and Wales).

Aerated Waters (Scotland).

Boot and Floor Polish (Great Britain).

Boot and Shoe Repairing (Great Britain).

Brush and Broom (Great Britain).

Chain (Great Britain).

Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making (Great Britain).

Corset.

Cotton Waste Reclamation (Great Britain).

Cutlery (Great Britain).

Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales).

Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland).

Fur (Great Britain).

General Waste Materials Reclamation (Great Britain).

Hair, Bass and Fibre (Great Britain).

Hat, Cap and Millinery (England and Wales).

Hat, Cap and Millinery (Scotland).

Hollow-ware (Great Britain).

Keg and Drum (Great Britain).

Laundry (Great Britain).

Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods (Great Britain).

Made-up Textiles (Great Britain).

Milk Distributive (England and Wales).

Milk Distributive (Scotland).

Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower (Great Britain).

Paper Bag (Great Britain).

Paper Box (Great Britain).

Perambulator and Invalid Carriage (Great Britain).

Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap Fastener (Great Britain).

Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain).

Rope Twine and Net (Great Britain).

Rubber Manufacturing (Great Britain).

Sack and Bag (Great Britain).

Shirtmaking (Great Britain).

Stamped or Pressed Metal Wares (Great Britain).

Sugar Confectionery and Food Preserving (Great Britain).

Tin Box (Great Britain).

Tobacco (Great Britain).

Toy Manufacturing (Great Britain).

Wholesale Mantle and Costume (Great Britain).

(For purposes of comparison with the information relating to Trade Boards given in my reply of 14th March, 1940 [OFFICIAL REPORT, col. 1346, Vol. 358], which covered Great Britain and Northern Ireland it may be added that in Northern Ireland 13 Trade Boards have issued Directions under the Holidays with Pay Act, 1938 (Northern Ireland) ).

(2) Agricultural Wages Committees.

(a) England and Wales.

Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

Berkshire.

Buckinghamshire.

Cambridge and Isle of Ely.

Cheshire.

Cornwall and Isle of Scilly.

Cumberland and Westmorland.

Derbyshire.

Devonshire.

Dorset.

Durham.

Essex.

Gloucestershire.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

Herefordshire.

Hertfordshire.

Kent.

Lancashire.

Leicestershire and Rutland.

Lincolnshire:

Holland.

Kesteven and Lindsey.

Middlesex.

Norfolk.

Northamptonshire and Peterboro'.

Northumberland.

Nottinghamshire.

Oxfordshire.

Shropshire.

Somerset.

Staffordshire.

Suffolk.

Surrey.

Sussex.

Warwickshire.

Wiltshire.

Worcestershire.

Yorkshire:

East Riding.

West Riding.

North Riding.

Anglesey and Caernarvon.

Carmarthen.

Denbigh and Flint.

Glamorgan.

Merioneth and Montgomery.

Pembroke and Cardigan.

Radnor and Brecon.

(b) Scotland.

The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has made Orders homologating decisions for the granting of holidays with pay made by each of the 11 Agricultural Wages Committees in Scotland.

(3) The Road Haulage Central Wages Board.

II. The following authorities have issued notices of proposal to make Directions:

Trade Boards.

Baking (England and Wales).

Baking (Scotland).

Button Manufacturing (Great Britain).

Fustian Cutting (Great Britain).

Rubber Reclamation (Great Britain).

III. The following authorities have not exercised their powers under the Act:

(1) Trade Boards.

Drift Nets Mending (Great Britain).

Flax and Hemp (Great Britain).

Furniture Manufacturing (Great Britain).

^*Jute (Great Britain).

Lace Finishing (Great Britain).

Retail Bespoke Tailoring (England and Wales).

Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Scotland).

^*In the case of the jute industry an arrangement for holidays with pay has been made out with the Trade Board.

(2) Agricultural Wages Committees.

England and Wales.

Monmouthshire.