HC Deb 01 July 1914 vol 64 cc356-7
63. Mr. WORTHINGTON EVANS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War from what date the Army Council intend to fulfill his promise that a minimum wage of 22s. a week shall be extended to labourers in the Army Ordnance Department and to barrack labourers?

Mr. BAKER

The date is not yet fixed, but it will be the same as that applied to the Post Office.

Mr. WORTHINGTON EVANS

Does the right hon. Gentleman mean that it will be dated back to some prior date?

Mr. BAKER

I did not say what the date was; the matter will have to be arranged between the War Office and the Postmaster-General.