§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)To ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, seeing the inconvenience to the workers in the Royal Army Clothing Factory, Pimlico, caused by the north gate being closed when the men leave for dinner, and seeing that about 60 per cent. of the women workers leave the depôt by the south gate, and that the men's dinner hour is twelve o'clock, that of the women being 12.15, he will consider the advisability of opening the north gate for the men.
(Answer). I would refer the hon. Member to the answer already given to this Question, † to which I have nothing to add.—(War Office.)
§ CAPTAIN NORTONTo ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been drawn to the state of the roof of the hall in which the women work in the Royal Army Clothing Factory, Pimlico, which lets in the rain, causing water to lie in pools on the floor of the pressing room; and whether he will see that the necessary repairs are executed without delay.
(Answer.) The roof of the hall is in good condition. The pressing shed where the women work is not in the hall, and its roof is in good condition. Recently the gutters overflowed through a temporary block; they have been overhauled and cleared out.—(War Office.)