§ MR. E. J. C. MORTON (Devonport)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that the work now being done at the Gun Wharf at Devonport is being accelerated, with the consequence that a discharge of workmen from the Gun Wharf would in the natural course take place shortly; and whether he is able to undertake that no discharge of workmen from the Gun Wharf shall take place this winter?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. WOODALL, Hanley)Acceleration of work at the Devonport Gun Wharf must of necessity depend from time to time upon the urgency of the service for which it is required, but, so far as is at present known, no discharges are contemplated and, as in all other Departments under the War Office, the greatest possible effort will be made to provide complete or partial employment during the winter months.