§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary for War whether it is yet the duty of any Government official, of the War Office or otherwise, to see that the Factory Clause, when 1497 inserted in War Office contracts, is duly observed; and whether the due observance of that clause, as one security against sweating, is also provided for by pecuniary penalties in all, or in what proportion of cases?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)Factories where Army clothing is made are inspected from time to time to ascertain that the Factory Clause is observed, and in a recent instance a penalty was inflicted for its neglect. The insertion of the Factory Clause with penalty is insisted on where practicable, and in the majority of cases.