§ MR. BOORDasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the wages paid to the Control labourers in the Royal Arsenal are lower than those paid to men similarly employed in the Manufacturing Departments; and, if so, whether, having regard to the enhanced cost of many of the necessaries of life, he will consider the subject, with a view to increasing their remuneration?
§ MR. CHILDERSNo, Sir; the wages of the labourers in the Ordnance Store Department, formerly called Control labourers, are practically the same as are paid to men similarly employed in the Manufacturing Departments. There are some men called labourers in the Royal Gun Factories who work at the furnaces, and their wages somewhat exceed those of the Ordnance Store Department. I see no reason to raise the latter, which are regulated by the market rates, as the men have no pension.