§ MAJOR EVANS-GORDON (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)To ask the Post master General whether the Staff of the Central Telegraph Office have recently had a duty imposed upon them that extends from 11 p. m. to 7 a. m. one week, and from 7 a. m. to 2 p. m. the week following, and whether forty-two hours night duty is equivalent to forty-eight hours day duty: and whether, in view of Section 2 of the references to hours of work in the Tweedmouth Committee Report, and the assurances given to this House that the decisions of the Tweedmouth Committee would be adopted, he intends to continue the duty.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) This matter is already receiving attention, and my decision upon it shall be given as soon as possible.