HC Deb 25 May 1883 vol 279 c886
SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFF

asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether any decision has yet been taken as to improving the pay and position of the leading men of the shipwrights in Her Majesty's dockyards?

SIR THOMAS BRASSEY

Sir, the pay and position of the leading men of shipwrights have been carefully considered by the recent Committee on the Constructive Department of the Navy. No decision has yet been taken.