HC Deb 25 July 1957 vol 574 c89W
Mr. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the recommended rate of pay for schoolchildren engaged in potato gathering; and when this recommendation was made.

Mr. Maclay

The recommended rate of pay for school children exempted from attendance at school to assist in potato lifting for the 1957 harvest has been fixed at 1s. 6d. per hour. The proposed increase from 1s. 3d. per hour was approved by the Committee on Assistance by Schools and intimated to the National Farmers' Union of Scotland on lath May, 1957.

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