§ Mr. G. R. Howardasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he can give the prices for the main horticultural products for 1954 as compared with the last available date.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsSuch comparisons as can be made have been put in hand and I will send the results to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. G. R. Howardasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he can state the average increase in the costs of horticulturalists in the last 10 years and the average increase in horticultural wages over the same period.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe statutory minimum wage rate for adult male workers in horticulture has increased by 60 per cent. over the past 10 years. The total weekly earnings of these workers increased on average by 72 per cent. over the same period. Figures of the increases in total costs of horticulturalists over the same period are not available.