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Mr. Field
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the legal minimum rates of pay in each of the wages council industries.
Mr. Jim Lester
The following table lists the current statutory minimum wage rates published by the wages councils. The figures quoted are those for the lowest grade of adult worker employed in main provincial areas for a normal working week.
| WAGES COUNCIL | Statutory minimum rates of wages £ |
| Aerated Waters (England and Wales) | 48·00 |
| Aerated Waters (Scotland) | 48·00 |
| Boot and Shoe Repairing | 51·00 |
| Button Manufacturing | 46·00 |
| Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making | 46·40 |
| Corset | 47·25 |
| Cotton Waste | 40·00 |
| Dressmaking & Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) | 47·30 |
| Dressmaking & Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) | 47·30 |
| Flax and Hemp | 45·73 |
| Fur | 27·50 |
| General Waste Materials Reclamation | 43·20 |
| Hairdressing Undertakings | 31·00 |
| Hat, Cap and Millinery | 41·20 |
| Lace Finishing | 40·40 |
| Laundry | 47·80 |
| Licensed Non-Residential Establishment | 50·00 |
| Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant | 41·20 |
| Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods | 42·00 |
| Made-up Textiles | 45·00 |
| Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower | 45·00 |
| Perambulator and Invalid Carriage | 46·00 |
| Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap Fastener | 52·50 |
| Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring | 49·62 |
| Retail Bespoke Tailoring | 48·90 |
| †Retail Food and Allied Trades | 45·25 to 48·50 |
| †Retail Trades Non-Food | 52·00 to 52·10 |
| Rope, Twine and Net | 41·50 |
| Rubber Proofed Garment Making Industry | 49·61 |
| Sack and Bag | 42·00 |
| Shirtmaking | 47·25 |
| Toy Manufacturing | 40·00 |
| Unlicensed Place of Refreshment | 43·04 |
| Wholesale Mantle and Costume | 47·25 |
| † Rate varies according to sector of retail trades. | |