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Mr. Granville
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state the average weekly wage of farm workers in the years 1935 to 1939 and 1945 to 1949.
Mr. T. Williams
The average weekly minimum rates of wages for adult male regular workers in agriculture in England and Wales over the years in question were as follows:
| s. | d. | ||||
| 1935(a) | 31 | 8 | |||
| 1936(a) | 32 | 1½ | |||
| 1937(a) | 33 | 1 | |||
| 1938(a) | 34 | 5½ | |||
| 1939(a) | 34 | 8½ | |||
| 1945 | 68 | 9 | |||
| 1946 | 74 | 2 | |||
| 1947 | 82 | 8 | |||
| 1948 | 90 | 0 | |||
| 1949(b) | 93 | 0 | |||
| (a) average of county rates. | |||||
| (b) 94s. from 13th March, 1949. | |||||