HC Deb 22 March 1971 vol 814 c49W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Secretary of State for Employment for what categories of homeworkers minimum remuneration has been fixed under the Wages Councils Act, 1959.

Mr. Bryan

Separate minimum rates are fixed by the appropriate wages councils for homeworkers engaged in the carding buttons and the drawing and roving of lace. Homeworkers employed in other Wages Council industries are not dealt with separately in the wages regulation orders but are required to be paid not less than the piece-work basis time rates applicable to workers employed in the factories.