§ MR. STEADMAN (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether women are employed at Deptford Victualling Yard making horsehair beds for the Navy at a weekly wage of 12s.; whether he is aware of the insanitary condition of the workroom and total absence of lavatory accommodation for the women; and whether he will take steps to have the arrangements of the workroom altered in accordance with the provisions of the Factory and Workshops Act?
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)At the present time there are six women employed at Deptford Victualling Yard making horsehair beds for the Navy at a weekly wage of 12s. The room in which they work measures 30 feet by 24 feet, with a span roof nearly 30 feet high. Separate lavatory accommodation is provided.