§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the average weekly earnings of adult male general and light labourers in London, the Midlands and the West of Scotland, respectively.
§ Mr. ThorntonInformation about average weekly earnings is not available for light labourers. The average weekly earnings and hours for adult male labourers—timeworkers—in the engineering industries in January, 1965, the latest date for which information is available, were 301s. 10d. for 47.1 hours in London 69W and South-Eastern region, 304s. 2d. for 47.2 hours in Midlands region and 297s. 1d. for 47.8 hours in Scotland. Separate figures for the west of Scotland are not available.