HC Deb 26 March 1914 vol 60 c542
39. Mr. NEWMAN

asked if the hon. Gentleman will give the total gratuity due to an employé at an Army ordnance factory who is discharged at the age of sixty after thirty years' employment at an average weekly wage of 30s.?

Mr. MONTAGU

The gratuity, calculated on the final wages or, in certain cases, the average wages of the last three years of his service, is one week's pay for each year of service.

Mr. NEWMAN

Does the hon. Gentleman consider that that is a fair remuneration to give as a gratuity at the end of thirty years' service, because, after all, it amounts to a very small sum?

Mr. MONTAGU

The hon. Member will appreciate that that sum is the amount laid down by Statute.

Mr. NEWMAN

Does the hon. Member consider that that is a fair sum?

Mr. MONTAGU

That is a matter of opinion.