HC Deb 01 July 1915 vol 72 cc1937-8
60. Mr. CHARLES DUNCAN

asked the Under-Secretary for War whether soldiers are being supplied to farmers in the Tibberton, High Ercall and Bayston Hill district, near Shrewsbury; whether he is aware that the farmers have refused to negotiate with the workmen on the question of wages; and whether he will inquire into the matter before giving his sanction for the use of soldiers in this employment to defeat the requirements for increased wages, owing to the high cost of living, made by farm workers in the district?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)

I will have inquiry made. The intention is that soldiers will not be lent as workers in connection with industrial disputes.