– in the House of Commons at on 13 March 1929.
Mr Wilfred Wellock
, Stourbridge
asked the Minister of Labour how many Trade Boards have been set up since 1924; and whether any new ones are contemplated?
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
A Trade Board was set up for Drift Nets Mending in November, 1925, and under Regulations of the 26th October last my right hon. Friend is about to proceed to the appointment of a Board for the Keg and Drum Trade.
Mr Wilfred Wellock
, Stourbridge
Is the hon. Member proposing to set up a Trade Board in the catering industry, which is in great need of one?
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
No, Sir.
Mr Harry Day
, Southwark Central
Is the hon. Member aware that in the catering trade some of the waitresses have to accept employment at a wage of 2s. 6d. a week?
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
The question was put in almost identical words to my right hon. Friend the other day, and the answer that he gave was that, as a result of very close inquiry into that trade, he saw no reason to set up a Trade Board.
Mr Albert Alexander
, Sheffield, Hillsborough
Is it not the object of a Trade Board to provide for minimum wages where the workers are not properly organised, and seeing that in the catering trade less than 1 per cent. are members of a trade union, does not that justify the establishment of a Trade Board?
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
The hon. Member must judge for himself the objects of the Act under which Trade Boards are set up.
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
I cannot say. The Noble Lady had better ask Lyons.
Mr Harry Day
, Southwark Central
Does the hon. Member consider that 2s. 6d. a week for waitresses is a fair wage?
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