§ MR. BOWERMAN (Deptford)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether, inasmuch as the men employed in His Majesty's dockyards, with the exception of Deptford, are working the same hours all the year through, he will consider the propriety of extending the same principle to the men employed in Deptford Dockyard.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The question of extending this principle to Deptford Victualling Yard was considered at the time, but the lighting arrangements at that yard do not at present render such a course practicable.
§ MR. BOWERMANTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will consider the desirability of granting to the men employed at the Deptford Victualling Yard the same holiday as is granted to the men employed at Woolwich Arsenal and the Army Clothing Factory at Pimlico on the occasion of His Majesty's birthday.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) It is not desirable that the practice at Deptford Victualling Yard, with regard to the observance of His Majesty's birthday, should differ from that adopted in other naval establishments in the United Kingdom.
§ MR. BOWERMANTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that the Lords of the Admiralty have visited all His Majesty's dockyards with the exception of Deptford, it is the intention of their Lordships to pay a visit to that dockyard; or, failing such visit, will the Admiralty be prepared to receive a deputation from the men employed in Deptford Dockyard.
† See (4) Debates, clxxiv., 204.
§ (Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) Deptford is no longer included amongst the royal dockyards, and the Board of Admiralty officially visit only the great dockyard establishments for the purpose of hearing petitions.