§ MR. WOODS (Essex, Walthamstow)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that the employees of Sir John Jackson, who is at the present time carrying out a Government contract at the Keyham Extension Works, Devonport, are working 56½.hours per week for a week's wages, although the recognised hours in the district are 53 hours per week; and if he will take steps to insure that the terms of the Fair Wages Resolution, passed by the House on 13th February, 1891, are complied with.
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.I am informed that it is not a fact that any men work more than the regulation hours of the district for a week's wages. All men are paid by the hour. The usual hours in the district for masons and bricklayers are 53 hours per week, and overtime rates are paid for any hours in excess of this.