§ MR. EDWARD KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN (Rochester)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any great amount of extra time has recgntly been worked in the Clerical Department of Her Majesty's Dockyard, Chatham; whether the regulations provide that, when continuous overtime is thus being worked, the Admiralty should be informed, with a view to steps being taken to remove such strain upon the staff; and, whether in this instance, such information has been received?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONNo such amount of extra time as would seem to be implied in the question of the hon. Member for Rochester has recently been worked in the Clerical Department at Chatham Dockyard. The regulations direct that continuous employment for lengthened periods beyond official hours is to be reported to the Admiralty; but no strain of this nature has occurred.