HC Deb 08 December 1925 vol 189 cc219-20
l. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can report any pro- gress in the settlement of the dispute at Hull and other ports between the wireless telegraphy operators and the shipping companies?

The MINISTER of LABOUR (Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland)

I have been asked to reply. My Department is in touch with the parties to the dispute, but I regret that it has not yet been possible to make any advance towards a settlement.

Lieut. Commander KENWORTHY

When did the right hon. Gentleman take over the negotiations for the settlement of this dispute?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

So far as the dispute is concerned. it has never been taken over, and has always been subject to my Department, being a question of a dispute.