§ MR. SEDDON (Lancashire, Newton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can give the information received from Harrods, Limited, 841 with reference to the employment of soldiers, with pensions, at a wage of 5s. per week.
§ MR. HALDANEI am informed that Messrs. Harrods have not dismissed a single civilian packer; that there are at present eight soldiers under instruction, and that they are quite independent of and in excess of the ordinary staff of civilian packers.
§ Mr. LEA (St. Pancras, E.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that firms which employ Army Reserve men do often take into consideration the amount of their pensions when fixing their wages, and will he do what he can to prevent that kind of thing in future?
§ MR. HALDANEI can only say I have given instructions that the practice, if it exists, shall be discouraged in every possible way.