§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, on the occasion of the funeral of His late Majesty King Edward VII., the work on the extension of Parkhurst Prison, in the Isle of Wight, was suspended by order; whether about 109 men employed by the Home Office on the work were deprived of one day's wages; and 1462 whether, in view of the universal practice of private employers to pay wages on the day of national mourning, he will give instructions that these men shall be paid the wages for that day?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Churchill)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The Prison Commissioners had no authority for paying the men, who are employed and paid by the hour, in respect of a day when they were not at work, but the Treasury have now, on my recommendation, sanctioned the payment.