asked the Secretary of State for Employment if the reference to a minimum wage of £44·50 in paragraph 17 of the White Paper "Winning the Battle Against Inflation" (Cmnd. Paper No. 7293), was intended to be a minimum for all adult males or a minimum for higher grades of adult male workers to which he made reference in his answer to the hon. Member for Thurrock (Dr. McDonald), Official Report, 7th February, columns 185–86.

The Governments provisions to help the low-paid are intended for the benefit of all such workers, whether male or female and whatever their grade.