§ MR. CROOKSTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mr. Bernard Dunn, when employed in the inspection department at Woolwich, brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War that defective equipment was being passed into the service of the public; that Mr. Dunn was called as a witness before the Royal Commission on Warlike Stores and the inquiry by the Judge Advocate General at Woolwich; that the Judge reported that his statements were well founded and that the Government had been defrauded; and will he, say whether Mr. Dunn has been paid for his work as a viewer, and, if not, will he be paid.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) This man was employed as a saddler in the Inspection Department and was discharged in 1890. Prior to this date he was apparently employed as a viewer without additional pay. Thirteen years afterwards he claimed what, he stated to be the difference between his pay as a saddler and temporary viewer during the period he was employed as such. As he had signed a receipt for wages due to him on leaving the division in 1890 it was impossible to consider his claim. The fact that he gave some evidence to the Royal Commission mentioned does not appear to have any bearing on the matter in question.