HC Deb 10 December 1900 vol 88 cc349-50
MR. SYDNEY BUXTON

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what decision has been come to in reference to the inquiry into the grievances of the Customs boatmen, undertaken as long ago as last May, by his predecessor in office.

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

It has been decided that boatmen employed at distant stations in London between midnight and 5 a.m. should be paid an allowance of 9d. a night for the combined charges of travelling and subsistence, and also that serge jackets shall be supplied to the officers at any port at which they may be considered necessary by the Board of Customs.