§ MR. T. F. RICHARDS (Wolverhampton, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he received a petition last June from the cutters employed at the Army Clothing Factory at Pimlico, asking for an increase in their rate of wages equal to that paid by private contractors to their employees; and whether he can accede to that request; and, if not, what decision has he come to on the matter.
§ MR. HALDANENo such petition has been received by me. I understand that certain representations were made informally as to the rate of wages of cutters in the Clothing Factory at Pimlico, but nothing definite has yet come before me for my consideration or decision.