§ 71. Mr. KEIR HARDIEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether any arrangements have now been made, or are about to be made, whereby tradesmen and labourers engaged in War Office 183 work will, when under stoppage of work or having a holiday, be allowed at least an ordinary train are to and from their home; or whether, at least, arrangements shall be made whereby such men, when set idle through no fault of their own, shall be paid their full wages?
Mr. BAKERIt would not, I am afraid, be practicable to pay railway fares under the conditions suggested. Men employed on hutting who are prevented from working by wet weather are frequently paid wages for the time during which they are asked to stay on, though they may not receive a full day's wage. I presume that it is to such cases that the hon. Member is referring.