THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 5. 



AUGUST. 1921. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



At the time of going to press, this Bill has passed the '.rhiid 

 l^eading Stage in the House of Commons. Further amendments 



^ J 1.. iiuiy be introduced in the House of Lords. 



Corn Production . i . , i 



^cts (Re eaH Bill stands at present provides 



^ ' '(a) for the repeal as from 1st October, 1921, 

 of the Corn Production Acts. 1917 and 1920, (b) for the pay- 

 ment in respect of wheat and oats produced in 1921 of grants 

 of i'3 per acre in the case of ^\^le[^t and Xi per acre in the case 

 of oats, and (c) for the payment jof a sum of 1*1,000,000 to be 

 devoted to the promotion of ag? ~^'al education and research, 

 of which l"850.000 is to be appli-*-4-in England and Wales and 

 tlie balance in Scotland. . \f'' 



The i-epeal of the Corn Production Acts involves the abolition 

 of:/he ^Q-vicultural Wages Bo;ud and of the District Wages 

 Conunittev , togethi^i- with the existing machinery for 

 fixing a inlninuuu - wage for agricultural labour. !u place 

 of the exisiiiig "Virrangeuients, it is proposed to t stablish 

 voluntary Joint Conciliation Committees composed ivpre- 

 • sentatives of both employers and workmen for the pur- 

 pose of dealing with wages, hoiu's and conditions of 

 employment, hi older that th» re may b(^ no interval between 

 tlu^ cessation of the Agricultural Wages Board machinery and 

 the establishment of the new Conciliation Committees, the Bill 

 provides that the representatives of employers and workmen 

 on the existing District Wagej; Committees shall in the first 

 instance act as joint conciliation committees in their respective 

 disti'icts. The members of the joint conciliation conuuittees 

 will consist solely of representafives appointed by the employers 

 and em])loye(l. The committe<3S may appoint an independent 

 ptM-son to act as chairman, with qv without a vot(* as the 

 Coiniiiittec may (leci(l(\ or may agree to siu'h a])]U)iutni(>i.t being 

 ma(l(^ by any (lOvtMiiuKMit l)e])artment or otber b'Mly. 

 (3SI0<;) P6/198. 11,2:»0. 7/21. M.&S. A 



