§ MR. W. T. WILSON (Lancashire, Westhoughton)To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that the work described as rough-carpentry, viz., the fixing and alteration of racks in storehouses, etc., is, when done by private firms, performed by skilled workmen, who are paid the standard rate of wage of the district; and whether he will take steps to place the workmen doing this class of work in Government yards and workshops on the same level, so far as wages and conditions of labour are concerned, as the workmen employed by private firms.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the negative. The facts are as stated in reply to previous inquiry on this subject, and no reason is seen for departing from the present arrangements, which have been in existence for many years.