§ MR. CLYNESI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether firms having contracts with his Department are asked to comply with the terms of the fair contracts resolution; whether Messrs. Harrison and Sons, Grantham, have contracted to supply 500 baskets to the Post Office, and are paying the men 2s. 6d. instead of the trade standard sum of 3s. 9d., and are sub-letting some of the work; and, if so, what action he can taka in the matter.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)I am strict in enforcing the "fair wages" clause in all Post Office contracts. I am informed that there is no standard rate of 3s. 9d. in Grantham. If the hon. Member will furnish me with the evidence on which ho bases his statement that 3s. 9d. is the current rate in the district, I will have further inquiry made. I am assured that none of the work is sublet.