§ MR. J. WILLIAMS BENNTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the official inquiries into the question of establishing the trades union standard of wages in the Royal Dockyards are completed; and whether he anticipates being able to announce the decision of the Admiralty in this matter before Vote 8 of the Navy Estimates is taken.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The inquiries into the rates of pay of dockyard employees are completed. Proposals in regard to the wages, &c, of men of the various classes are now being formulated in connection with the workmen's petitions, and it is hoped that it may be possible to announce decisions in the matter before Vote 8 of the Navy Estimates is taken.