MR. KEIR-HARDIEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether a reduction has been made in the wages of certain of the workmen employed at Enfield Small Arms Factory amounting, in some cases, to as much as 11 percent.; whether the earnings of these men, previous to the reduction, were under 20s. per week; and what necessity there was for making any reduction at this time?
* MR. WOODALL(who replied) said: Some reductions of piecework prices have been made in cases where, in the judgment of the Superintendent of the Enfield Factory, the rates were too high; but no man earning as little as 20s. a week has been affected by the changes referred to.