HC Deb 03 August 1894 vol 28 cc22-3
MR. D. A. THOMAS

I beg to ask the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether, in reckoning 50⅓ hours as the average weekly time formerly occupied by workmen in the Admiralty establishments, the allowances of time hitherto customary, but now discontinued, have been taken into account, and what the weekly average of those allowances amounted to; what is the estimated time that engineers, stokers, furnacemen, &c, will be required to work, in addition to the maximum hours of 10½ per day computed from the commencement to leaving off work, under the new arrangement; and will any other classes of workmen be required to do overtime beyond the 10½ maximum hours in cases of emergency?

THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. E. ROBERTSON,) Dundee

The average number of working hours per week was formerly 50⅓, exclusive of 38 minutes per week time allowances, now discontinued. No exact estimate can be given of the extra time that engine-keepers, stokers, and furnacemen will be required to work in addition to the ordinary hours of the yard, but it may be taken approximately at two hours a day. In case of emergency, but in that case only, other classes of workmen may be required to work overtime.