HC Deb 18 June 1979 vol 968 cc404-5W
Mr. Best

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were average weekly male manual earnings in Wales in April 1978.

Mr. Jim Lester

From the new earnings survey, it is estimated that at April 1978 the average gross weekly earnings of full-time adult male manual workers employed in Wales whose earnings were not affected by absence were £80.90.