§ 37. Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the current position of wage negotiations between the Wages Board and the National Union of Agricultural Workers.
§ Mr. PeartThe Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales, on which the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers is represented, is an autonomous body, and I am not party to its deliberations. Recent wage negotiations resulted in the board issuing an order454W introducing new rates of pay as from 20th January 1975. I have arranged for the hon. Member to be sent a copy.