§ SIR BEVAN EDWARDS (Hythe)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if his attention has been called to the position of the managers of the Ordnance Factories, whether for some years past they have been treated as ordinary labourers, and liable to dismissal at a week's notice? If so, will he take steps to remedy this by placing them on the establishment, as is done in the case of the Admiralty Dockyards?
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. POWELL-WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.Managers appointed during the last few years are on the Wages Vote, which renders it practicable to dispense with the services of an inefficient manager at short notice. In no other way are they on the same footing as labourers. They have special leave, and allowances when absent on duty, and full pay when sick, irrespective of length of service.