§ Mr. RAMSAY MACDONALDasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been directed to the provisions of Section 157 of the Factory and Workshop Ace, which exempts occupiers of workshops wherein only men are employed from the requirements to supply particulars of wages to piece-workers and to maintain a reasonable temperature, etc.; whether he has considered the effect this exemption is having in discouraging apprenticeship; and whether he will consider the desirability of applying the normal law to all workshops irrespective of the age or sex of persons employed therein?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLYes; the attention of the Department has been directed for some time to the exemptions in regard to maintenance of a reasonable temperature, supply of particulars of work and prices to piece-workers, and other matters, which are allowed by Section 157 in the case of men's workshops; and the question of bringing such workshops more fully under the general law has been noted for consideration when further legislation is proposed. I have no information as to the effect of the exemptions in regard to apprenticeship, but the main point for consideration will be whether the application to these workshops of the provisions from which they are at present exempted is required in the interests of the workers employed there.