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Lord HARRIS of HIGH CROSS
asked Her Majesty's Government:What industries and employments are now subject to wages councils and what numbers are covered by each.
The Earl of GOWRIE
My Lords, the table below lists the existing 34 wages councils and gives estimates of the number of workers covered by them.
| Estimates of numbers of workers in field of operation of Wages Councils | |
| Wages Council | Estimated No. of Workers covered* |
| Aerated Waters (E. and W.) | 13,500 |
| Aerated Waters (Scotland) | 1,400 |
| Boot and Shoe Repairing | 7,900 |
| Button Manufacturing | 3,300 |
| Coffin Furniture and Cerement-Making | 500 |
| Corset | 10,500 |
| Cotton Waste Reclamation | 400 |
| Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (E. and W.) | 96,800 |
| Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) | 1,300 |
| Flax and Hemp | 2,300 |
| Fur | 5,100 |
| General Waste Materials Reclamation | 20,200 |
| Hairdressing Undertakings | 128,600 |
| Hat, Cap and Millinery (Great Britain) | 7,800 |
| Lace Finishing | 700 |
| Laundry | 39,200 |
| Licensed Non-residential Establishment | 470,000 |
| Licensed Residential Estallishment and Licensed Restaurant | 530,000 |
| Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods | 5,600 |
| Made-up Textiles | 6,500 |
| Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower | 1,500 |
| Perambulator and Invalid Carriage | 2,100 |
| Pin, Hook and Eye, and Snap Fastener | 900 |
| Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring | 114,700 |
| Retail Bespoke Tailoring (GB) | 5,000 |
| Retail Food and Allied Trades | 522,800 |
| Retail Trades Non-Food | 563,700 |
| Rope, Twine and Net | 4,000 |
| Rubber Proofed Garment Making Industry | 800 |
| Sack and Bag | 1,800 |
| Shirtmaking | 24,400 |
| Toy Manufacturing | 23,300 |
| Unlicensed Place of Refreshment | 121,900 |
| Wholesale Mantle and Costume | 46,000 |
| 2,784,500 | |
| *These estimates are derived mainly from numbers found to be employed in establishments visited on inspection by the Wages Inspectorate in recent years. The establishments in question do not form a representative sample for statistical purposes. | |