HC Deb 13 February 1908 vol 184 c186
MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrews Burghs)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the reductions in His Majesty's arsenal at Woolwich have reached the normal point aimed at, or whether further reductions are now in contemplation.

MR. HALDANE

The numbers in the arsenal have not yet reached the normal minimum proposed, but the gradual reduction to that minimum will be effected by wastage, and not by further discharges.

MR. J. WARD (Stoke-on-Trent)

Will the right hon. Gentleman consult the Admiralty in view of the fact that some 2,000 men at Devonport Dockyard are working overtime? Cannot he find work for the Woolwich men there?

MR. HALDANE

If the hon. Member will put down a Question I will look into it.