§ CAPTAIN PRICE (Devonport)asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether any reply has been sent to the petition of the joiners of Her Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport, submitted some months since; and, whether any improvement will be made in their position?
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. R. W. DUFF) (Banffshire)(who replied) said: In view of the present rate of wages in the labour market, and the fact that there is no difficulty whatever in obtaining joiners at the existing Dockyard rates of pay, the Admiralty do not consider that any increase of pay could be justified, nor are they of opinion that any alteration of position is called for. A reply to this effect will be sent.