§ MR. DALZIEL (Kirkcaldy, &c.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the conditions respecting the employment of Trades Union labour, proposed to be introduced into future printing contracts with Messrs. M'Cor-quodale and Company and Messrs. Water-low and Sons, will also be made to apply to all bookbinding contracts that may be entered into with these or any other firms?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe same conditions providing that no preference shall be given by Government contractors as between Union and nonunion men will be inserted in all future contracts for bookbinding as well as for printing.
§ MR. W. FIELDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether ho is aware that certain Government printing contracts have been given in Ireland to contractors who violate the Fair Wages Resolution; whether ho is aware that Government printing contracts have been given by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland to a contractor who disregards the said Resolution; and whether he will take steps to have the wishes of this House carried into practice in those and all other Governmental contracts?
MR. J. MORLEYIn forms of tender for Government printing in Ireland special attention is drawn to the Resolution of the House of Commons dated February 13, 1891, to the spirit and 760 intention of which all who may be in-trusted with contracts for the Stationery Office are expected to conform. The Commissioners of National Education report that their printing contracts have been given to the Queen's printers in Ireland, who assert that they comply with the provisions of this Resolution. The Government are not aware that the provisions of the Resolution are infringed by any other Department.