§ 83. Mr. C. DUNCANasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware 1943 that the opportunities for Customs watchers to earn overtime pay have been reduced since the overtime rates payable after 6 p.m. and before 7 a.m. to the London transport workers were increased in 1911, also that further reductions have recently taken place in the attendance required to be given by watchers at bonded warehouses and bonded factories, owing to the introduction of new regulations governing the locking and unlocking of bonds with a consequent reduction in the overtime earned; and will he state the average amount per man of overtime pay earned by all the watchers in London during each of the first four weeks in 1911 and during each of the first four weeks of the current year, respectively?
Mr. ROBERTSONI understand that there has been some diminution in the amount of extra attendance of watchers in London on certain kinds of work. The incidence of attendance varies considerably throughout the port, and I regret that the figures requested in the last part of the question are not available.
§ Mr. C. DUNCANCould not the hon. Gentleman find out how much these men in this particular trade have lost owing to the changes in the payment for overtime? I am told it is as much as 3s. a week.