§ MR. COURTHOPE (Sussex, Rye)To ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether writers of the Army Ordnance Department at out-stations perform work superior to that of copyists at Woolwich Arsenal; and, if so, why they are not allowed to rise to at least the rates of pay fixed for second-class writers at Woolwich Arsenal and Pimlico.
§ MR. COURTHOPETo ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether His Majesty's Government will extend the same rates of pay to writers employed at out-stations as to those employed at Woolwich and Pimlico.
(Answered by Mr. Acland.) In reply to these Questions it is admitted that the writers at out-stations perform work somewhat superior to that of copyists; but in view of the higher all round level of rates of pay at Woolwich and Pimlico it is considered that the rates paid at out-stations to the writers are adequate. I am, however, inquiring into this matter.