§ MR. E. J. C. MORTON (Devonport)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the wages for joiners agreed upon between the masters and trades unions, and paid in Devonport and the neighbourhood, is 7½d. an hour, or 30s. for a 48-hour week, while the wages paid by the Government to the joiners employed at the gun wharf at Devonport is only 24s. per week?
§ MR. WOODALLThe points alluded to in the hon. Member's question were incidentally brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War at a deputation received by him a short time ago, regarding the position of the carpenters and joiners employed in Woolwich Arsenal. The whole question is now engaging the consideration of the Secretary of State for War. The hon. Member is, however, scarcely correct in his statement regarding the pay of the 126 joiners at the gun wharf at Devonport, the scale ranging from 24s. to as high as 33s. a week in addition to the other advantages of Government employment.