Sir Lewis Jones

Former MP for Swansea West

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  • Orders of the Day — Wages Councils Bill 16 Jan 1945

    If I may interrupt the right hon. Gentleman I would point out that Clause 3 gives him the power to refer the matter to a commission of inquiry, and Clause 2 lays down the condition for a joint application by employers and employees representatives on a joint board, or council, for the setting up of a wages council. Would the Minister say why it is proposed to use Clause 3, when the same power...
  • Orders of the Day — Wages Councils Bill 16 Jan 1945

    I do not want to follow the hon. Member for Aberavon (Mr. Cove) in all he has said to-day, but I would ask him to examine the wage system in the iron, steel and coal industries, in particular during the last few years. There he will find how the basic earnings in those industries have been improved, which belies his statement about the failure of industry to increase wage rates for our...
  • Orders of the Day — Wages Councils Bill 16 Jan 1945

    What I suggest is that the trade boards deal with the social aspect of an industry. If there is any change at all, it is an extension of the powers of the old trade boards. The Minister is asking the trade boards to deal with wider and more important industrial matters. I say that, just as we do not have appointed members in our normal negotiating machinery in other well-established...

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Former MP for Swansea West

Entered the House of Commons on 27 October 1931 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 15 June 1945 — General election

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