§ 25. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Secretary for War whether he is aware of the disparity in wages paid at His Majesty's Gunwharf, Devonport, compared, with the wages paid in His Majesty's dockyard, and that wood-workers doing all classes of work only receive from 31s. to 34s. 6d. a week, engine-drivers and cranemen 27s. 6d. with no pay for overtime, fitters from 35s. 6d. to 38s., blacksmiths 31s. to 35s., shipwrights 35s., and saddlers and hosemakers 26s. 6d., whereas in each of these cases higher wages are paid in His Majesty's dockyard; anti whether, in view of this discrepancy and the increased cost of living, he will consider the possibility of raising the wages of workers in His Majesty's Gunwharf, Devonport, so as to place them on the same footing with workers in His Majesty's dockyard?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. H. Baker)I am having inquiries made.