§ Sir Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the comparison between the earnings of agricultural workers and (a) manual workers in manufacturing industries and (b) all industrial workers in the years 1978 and 1982.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe average weekly earnings of hired regular whole-time men in agriculture in England and Wales as a proportion of those of adult male manual workers in manufacturing industries and in all index of production industries have risen from 75.8 per cent. to 79.8 per cent and from 76.0 per cent. to 78.9 per cent. respectively between 1978 and 1982.
§ Sir Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of farmworkers have the benefit of housing provided by their employers.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerIn 1981 the wages and employment inquiry showed that 45 per cent. of all hired regular whole-time men in agriculture in England and Wales occupied housing provided by their employers. The maximum deduction from the minimum wage allowable under the agricultural wages legislation in respect of such housing was £1.50 per week.