§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether labourers employed in the Army Ordnance Department in Ireland are paid a full week's wage when holidays occur in a week, or whether they are paid only for the actual days upon which work is done; and whether he will state the maximum and minimum wage per week of such labourers.
§ * MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERLabourers employed in the Army Ordnance Department in Ireland and elsewhere receive pay for the official Government holidays, as laid down in the Pay Warrant only. The wages vary according to the market rates in the various districts. The lowest rate paid is 16s. a week and the highest 18s. 6d.; leading hands receive about 2s. a week extra.