HC Deb 05 June 1961 vol 641 cc55-6W
71. Miss Lee

asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that women bakery workers may be called upon to work a sixty-hour week for eight weeks in any year; and if he will introduce legislation to end this anachronism.

Mr. P. Thomas

This provision fixes the upper limit of permitted hours of work to enable the industry to deal with occasional short periods of seasonal pressure such as Christmas or Easter. My right hon. Friend has no proposals for altering it.