§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment, in view of the fact that farm workers are between £16 and £17 per week below the national average wage, and that farm tractor drivers in Holland can earn as much as £10,000 per annum, if he will allow the farm workers to be treated as a special case so far as wages are concerned on the same basis as the police, firemen and mine workers.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerNone of the groups mentioned has been given special treatment in the current pay rounds. For the future, certain undertakings have been given to the firemen and the police. The setting of statutory minimum rates for farm workers is a matter for the autonomous agricultural wages boards.