§ MR. T. F. RICHARDS (Wolverhampton, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War when it is the intention of his Department to pay the trade union rates of wages to the carpenters and joiners employed at Woolwich Arsensal; whether he is aware that the conditions of employment prevailing are such as to preclude trade unionists from working therein; and whether he can remove this embargo and make Woolwich a fail house.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. HALDANE, Haddington)I can only refer my hon. friend to the Answers which I gave to the Questions put to me on this subject by the hon. Member for the West Houghton Division of South-East Lancashire on the 6th March and 13th March last. † The statement I then made has not so far as I am aware been controverted; I am, of course, quite prepared to consider any evidence that the wages and privileges of these workmen are not equal to the current rate of the district.