§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the wages councils which have so far failed to lower the terminal age from 20 to 18 years.
§ Mr. John GrantThe following wages councils provide for payment of the adult rate to "other worker" grade at the ages shown:
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Aerated Waters (England & Wales) 19 Aerated Waters (Scotland) 19
Boot & Shoe Repairing 21 Corset 20 Dressmaking & Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) 21 Fur (furrier's section) 20 Hairdressing Undertakings 22 Hat, Cap and Millinery 19 Licensed Non-Residential Establishment 20 Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant 21* Made-up Textiles 19 Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap Fastener 20 Retail Bespoke Tailoring 21 Retail Bookselling etc. 21 Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (England and Wales) and (Scotland) 20 Retail Drapery, Outfitting and Foot wear Trades 21 Retail Food Trades (England and Wales) and (Scotland) 21 Retail Furnishing and Allied Trades 21 Retail Newsagency, Tobacco and Confectionery Trades (England and Wales) and (Scotland) 21 770W
Aerated Waters (England and Wales) 2 weeks 2 days (3 weeks 2 days after 3 years' service) Aerated Waters (Scotland) 2 weeks (3 weeks after 1 year's service) Boot and Shoe Repairing 3 weeks 2 days Button Manufacturing 3 weeks 3 days (3 weeks 4 days in 1979) Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making 3 weeks 2 days Corset 3 weeks 2 days Cotton Waste Reclamation 3 weeks 2 days (3 weeks 4 days in 1979) Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) 3 weeks 2 days Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) 3 weeks 2 days Flax and Hemp 3 weeks 2 days Fur 3 weeks General Waste Reclamation 3 weeks 2 days (3 weeks 3 days in 1979) Hairdressing Undertakings 3 weeks (4 weeks after 3 years' service) Hat, Cap and Millinery 3 weeks 2 days Lace Finishing 3 weeks Laundry 3 weeks 2 days (4 weeks in 1979) Licensed Non-Residential Establishment 3 weeks 2 days (4 weeks after 5 years' service) Licensed Residential Establishment etc. 3 weeks 2 days Linen and Cotton Handkerchief etc. 3 weeks 2 days (3 weeks 3 days in 1980; 3 weeks 4 days in 1981) Made-up Textiles 3 weeks 2 days Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower 3 weeks 3 days (4 weeks in 1979) Perambulator 3 weeks 1 day Ready-made Tailoring 3 weeks 2 days Retail Bespoke Tailoring 3 weeks 3 days Retail Bookselling etc. 3 weeks (3 weeks 2 days after 1 year's service; 4 weeks after 5 years' service) Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (England and Wales) 3 weeks 2 days Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (Scotland) 3 weeks 2 days Retail Drapery, Outfitting etc. 3 weeks (3 weeks 2 days after 3 years' service; 4 weeks after 5 years' service) Retail Food (England and Wales) 3 weeks (3 weeks 2 days after 3 years' service; 4 weeks after 5 years' service) Retail Food (Scotland) 3 weeks (3 weeks 2 days after 3 years' service; 4 weeks after 5 years' service) Retail Furnishing etc. 3 weeks 2 days (4 weeks after 5 years' service) Retail Newsagency etc. (England and Wales) 3 weeks (3 weeks 2 days after 3 years' service; weeks after 5 years' service) Retail Newsagency etc. (Scotland) 3 weeks Rope, Twine and Net 3 weeks 3 days Rubber-proofed Garment Making 3 weeks 2 days Sack and Bag 3 weeks 2 days Shirtmaking 3 weeks 2 days
Rubber-proofed Garment Making 21 Sack and Bag 20 Shirtmaking 20 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 20 *All "service" workers and "other" non-service workers.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the wages councils which have so far failed to comply with the Council of the European Communities' recommendation to member States to award standard four weeks' paid holiday by 31 December 1978.
§ Mr. John GrantOnly the Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap Fastener Wages Council provided at 31 December 1978 for four weeks of holiday for all workers with a year's service.
The remaining wages councils provide for the following entitlements: 771W
Toy Manufacturing 3 weeks 3 days Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 3 weeks 2 days Wholesale Mantle and Costume 3 weeks 2 days When announcing the Government's support for the EEC recommendation—[Vol. 940, c. 588]—I said that its achievement was a matter for collective bargaining, subject to the requirement of counter-inflation policy. All wages councils were so informed.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the wages councils which did not include the new May Day bank holiday in the list of statutory and customary holidays for 1978, and the councils which do not propose to add it to their statutory and customary holidays in the current year.
§ Mr. John GrantIn 1978, the Fur; the Rope, Twine and Net; and the Sack and Bag Wages Councils. The last two made orders including the May Day bank holiday later in 1978. It understood that the Fur Wages Council will consider making similar proposals at its next meeting.