§ MR. J. ROWLANDS (Finsbury,E.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office what system is adopted at the Small Arms Factory, Enfield, when a reduction has to take place, as to the selection of the men to be discharged; and whether, when an old workman is discharged, he has the right of an appeal to the superintendent, and can he ascertain the reason for his dismissal?
§ *THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. WOODALL,) HanleyWhen in any of the ordnance factories reductions are rendered necessary by slackness of work the selection of men for discharge is made after giving full consideration to the merits, length of service, and ability of all the men employed in the class concerned. It is specially provided in the Regulations of the ordnance factories that every workman has a right of appeal to the superintendent, and, in the event of that being unsatisfactory, he may bring his case under the consideration of the Director General of Ordnance Factories.