§ SIR FORTESCUE FLANNERY (Yorkshire, Shipley)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office, in view of the fact that some thirty working engineers were engaged at Woolwich four weeks ago to work in the Dial Square Department, many of whom came from distant parts of the country, at their own expense, upon the prospect of permanent Government employment, and have now received notice of discharge on the ground that material is not ready,, whether he can see his way to reconsider the discharge of these men, and, until the delayed material is ready, find them employment in other departments in which overtime is now being worked to a large extent by men of the same trade as those who are being discharged.
*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSThirty men were taken on about a month ago for temporary employment. They were distinctly warned at the time that their employment was only temporary. They are still at work, and have not received notice of discharge. There has been no want of or delay in supplies of material.