§ MR. BROADHURST (Nottingham)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now in a position to give any further information with regard to the system of sub-contracting which is in operation at the new Police Offices under construction on the Thames Embankment?
§ MR. MATTHEWSYes, Sir. I have made further inquiry into this matter, and am informed by the Receiver of Police that he has approved of an arrangement made by the contractors by which a portion of the stonework is being done by a Mr. Webber, who is paid the full price of the work, so that there is no inducement to give it all to him. He was a working mason himself; he does no piecework and sublets nothing. His men are paid full day wages, are quite content, and are good workmen. With regard to the alleged sub-letting of the fixings, this work is done under the supervision of a leading man or ganger, who is paid day wages, and is liable to dismissal at an hour's notice.