§ Mr. CHARLES DUNCANasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the labourers employed in the ordnance depots in His Majesty's gun-wharf and Tipnor magazine at Portsmouth are only paid 20s. 6d. per week; whether lie is aware that the lowest rate paid by the Portsmouth Corporation for unskilled labour is 24s. per week; and whether he will place the case of the men referred to before the Advisory Committee for consideration?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe Admiralty is largely concerned in the rates of wages at Portsmouth, and the matter is now under the consideration of both the Admiralty and the War Office.