HC Deb 27 July 1888 vol 329 c659
MR. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N.W.)

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If eight hours is the recognized working day at the naval workshops, Dockyards, &c.?

THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)

, in reply, said, the average working day throughout the year of the men employed in the Dockyards was 8½ hours. The working day of the men employed under the Works Department averaged 9½ hours throughout the year.