§ MR. JOHN WARDI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the contract for the new works at Rosyth will contain a clause making it impossible for the contractor to claim the bonus of £800 per week for any portion of time that the works might have been completed had there been no labour disputes, providing such disputes were caused by the contractors having failed to pay trade union rates of wages.
§ MR. MCKENNAI must remind my hon. friend that trade union rates of wages are not specifically mentioned in the Fair Wages Clause which is a condition of all Admiralty contracts. With this limitation, the point raised by my hon. friend is fully provided for in the contract.