§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she is aware that the Family Expenditure Survey shows that the average weekly household income is now £30 ; whether she will give a list of industries where the rates of pay fall below this figure ; and whether when restricting wage increases she will ensure that no stoppage or hold-up in wage awards is made by her Department when 163W the average wage rate falls below £30 per week.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to his identical Question on 22nd October, 1969.—[Vol. 786, c. 246–7.]