§ Mr. Prescottasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report an estimate of the number and proportion of workers who would be covered by wages councils if wages council orders ceased to apply to workers under 21 years of age; and if he will provide the same data for each wages council industry.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyAbout 2.25 million workers will continue to be covered by wages councils following the removal from regulation of workers under 21 years of age. This figure represents about four fifths of the total number covered at present. It is not possible to provide the information requested for individual wages council industries.