§ Mr. GEORGE BARNES (on behalf of Mr. T. F. Richards)asked the Secretary for War whether he is aware that the firm of A. J. Bagnall and Company, contractors for painting at the barracks, Whittington, near Lichfield, are employing labourers to do painters' work at less than the painters' district rate of wages, and whether he will have the matter inquired into in order to secure the observance of the Fair Wage Clause?
§ Mr. HALDANEThe matter is being investigated.