§ 86. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Labour what are the relative labour costs in Fife, the Midlands, London, and the South-East, respectively, in respect of engineering, chemicals, cotton and wool textiles, clothing, building and construction, food industry, and general manufacturing, respectively.
§ Mr. HareAs the reply consists of a table of figures I will with permission circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. The information cannot be supplied precisely in the form asked for. The table relates to hourly earnings of workers and not to labour costs and figures cannot be provided for Fife. Instead I have included figures for Scotland.
Following is the information:
MEN MANUAL WORKERS AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS—OCTOBER, 1962 Industry Scotland Midlands London and South Eastern Region Engineering and Electrical goods d. d. d. 81.9 87.7 86.8 Chemicals and Allied Industries 79.8 79.8 80.8 Spinning and Doubling of Cotton etc. 68.2 74.5 — Weaving of Cotton, etc. 66.4 78.5 — Woollen and Worsted 66.9 71.9 61.6 Clothing 72.1 72.2 85.8 Construction 76.7 79.4 81.1 Food Industries 71.5 77.6 81.5 All Manufacturing Industries 78.4 89.3 88.9