§ MR. JENKINS (Chatham)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether in view of the intention of the Government to recognise the trade union irate of wages in the dockyards, and in | view of the Admiralty having received a petition from the men on the subject, it is the intention of the Admiralty to act up to that intention, and when?
§ * MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe Admiralty have received, and are now considering, a large number of petitions from the dockyards. These petitions will be dealt with in the spirit of my statement in the course of the debate on 1st March,† but it is not at present possible to say how soon such changes as may be necessary will take effect.