§ MR. STEADMAN (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether stokers working night shifts in the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich, finish their shifts at 5.30 a.m., and, if not relieved at that time, are compelled to work till 8 a.m. before they can see a foreman to inform him of the fact; will he explain why the stoker gets no extra pay for the two and a half hours, and yet the man who fails to turn up at 5.30 a.m. gets stopped two and a half hours' pay; and whether he will make inquiries with a view to remedying the grievance complained of?
MR. POWELL WILLIAMSA similar Question to this was asked by the honourable Member on the 23rd May. The stokers referred to receive a rate of pay which covers an occasional necessity to work extra time, such as that mentioned in the Question. A man who gives less than his proper attendance, and thus oblige another man to do his work, is, of course, mulcted.