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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 64
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MAF 64
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.
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- MAF 64
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Agricultural Wages Committees
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- District Agricultural Wages Committees and Permit Sub-Committees, 1924-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 269 files and volumes
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- Some files were previously available to readers signing Undertaking 7 (regarding confidentiality of individuals details)
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- Open
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- Series is accruing
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10465/
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