§ MR. BRAMSDONTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether chargemen of labourers in the different departments of Portsmouth dockyard receive the maximum rate of pay as skilled labourers, namely, 28s. per week and 1s. per day charge-money, with the exception of the department under the chief constructor, where they receive 25s. per week and 1s. per day charge-money; if so, will he state the reason; and whether their Lordships can see their way clear to make all the departments identical in this respect by being paid the higher wage.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The hon. Member would appear to have been misinformed as to the facts of the case, as there are established chargemen in the constructive department receiving the maximum rate of pay.