§ MR. GRETTON (Derbyshire, S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if any reply can now be given to the memorial of the foremen of the Ordnance Factories in respect to their wages, addressed to the Secretary of State more than six years ago?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. J. POWELL WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.I do not know of any memorial from the foremen of the Ordnance factories in respect of wages, but if the honourable Member refers to the memorial as to pensions, the foremen have already been informed that pensions could only be given if deductions from their pay were made at a rate to which, apparently, they are unwilling to agree.