§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has now received a statement giving particulars of overtime worked by the preventive men of His Majesty's Customs at Cardiff; and whether he can explain why these men are neither paid for their extra work nor have they any compensating reduction of hours on other days?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI have received the statement. In none of the instances given did the hours of duty at Cardiff added to the hours worked at Fishguard amount to forty-eight a week, and I can only assume that time spent in travelling has been included. Such time cannot, under the regulations, be allowed to count towards overtime when a subsistence allowance is received, and as I informed the hon. Member on 16th May last, these officers receive subsistence allowances on. each occasion that they proceed to Fishguard.