MR. GORSTasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether a practice has 863 been recently commenced, in Her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham, of placing workmen on piecework without previously informing them of the prices that will be paid for such work; and, whether he will direct that in future such information shall be given before piecework is commenced?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe practice referred to by the hon. and learned Member for Chatham is not new, but has always prevailed in the Dockyard. It is not considered desirable that the scheme of prices for piecework should be officially communicated to the workmen.