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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Agricultural Wages Committees
| Reference: | MAF 64 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Agricultural Wages Committees |
| Description: |
Minutes and papers of meetings of District Agricultural Wages Committees and Permit Sub-Committees in England and Wales; and proposals for new wage rates under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act, 1924. |
| Date: | 1924-1974 |
| Related material: |
Similar records are among Division within MAF |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
District Agricultural Wages Committees and Permit Sub-Committees, 1924-1974 |
| Physical description: | 269 files and volumes |
| Restrictions on use: | Some files were previously available to readers signing Undertaking 7 (regarding confidentiality of individuals details) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act 1924 and successive Agricultural Wages Acts, minimum rates wages for agricultural workers in England and Wales were established by bodies working independently of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, but given secretarial and administrative support by the ministries. Following the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 where national minimum rates were set by the central board, the district committees, though they continued to function, exercised only relatively limited local functions, including consideration of applications for permits of exemption to enable lower rates than the national minimum to be paid to individual workers on the grounds of age or disability. |
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