MR. KEIR-HARDIE (West Ham, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that the firm of Hannah, Donald, and Wilson, of Paisley, which has a contract from the Admiralty for the construction of two torpedo destroyers, pays its labourers 15s. 9d. and its hammermen 16s. 10d. per week, and its blacksmiths 3s. per week under the Trades Union rate; and, if so, whether he will insist upon Trades Union rates being paid, or have the contract withdrawn from the firm?
* THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Sir U. KAY-SHUTTLE-WORTH,) Lancashire, ClitheroeThe Admiralty have no information on the subject of the hon. Member's question except that which it conveys. If the workpeople or the Trades Union address any specific complaint to me or to the Admiralty, it shall be thoroughly investigated according to the system adopted in respect to all such complaints.