§ Mr. Wilfred Palingasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the minimum wage payable to Africans in the building industry in Northern Rhodesia; and the number of Africans receiving minimum wages, the number receiving skilled labourers' wages, and the number of European skilled labourers receiving similar wages.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to Mr. Profumo's reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 16th July, 1957 Vol. 573, c. 929], supplied the following further information:
The minimum wage payable to African unskilled labour in the building industry is £4 15s. 4d. per month. At a rough estimate, 30,000 Africans are employed in the industry of whom approximately 46 per cent. are receiving minimum wages and approximately 34 per cent. skilled labourers' wages. There are no European skilled labourers on similar wage rates.