§ 21. Sir CLEMENT KINLOCH-COOKEasked whether the minimum wage of the unskilled labourer employed at His Majesty's Gunwharf, Devonport, is 22s. a week and that the minimum wage of the labourer in the adjoining dockyard will, on the 1st June, be 23s.; and will he consider the advisability of levelling up so that the minimum wage may be the same in both cases?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Harold Baker)Yes, Sir. The necessary action is being taken.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that this is the second time when a rise in pay has been given to labourers in His Majesty's Dockyards, that it has required a question to be put, to the War Minister from this side of the House before an equivalent rise has been granted to the labourers employed at His Majesty's Gunwharf. Can I have an answer?
§ Mr. SPEAKERIf the question is important, the hon. Member can give notice of it. If it is not important, it does not require an answer.