HC Deb 14 December 1900 vol 88 c832
MR. KEIR HARDIE (Merthyr Tydvil)

Has it come to the knowledge of the Government that Messrs. Wilson and Co., of Belfast, who are engaged on a War Office contract, have reduced the wages of their men from 32s. to 22s.; that those who refused the lower sum have been dismissed; that their places have been filled with unskilled labour, and is not this a violation of the conditions under which the contract was given out?

* MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS

I have only just received notice of this question, but I will make further inquiry into the new allegations, which, I believe, are made under a misapprehension.

MR. KEIR HARDIE

I will repeat the question to-morrow.

* MR. POWELL-WILLIAMS

That will not give me time to make inquiries at Belfast.