§ 7. Mr. ANDERSONasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he received an application on 6th April for an advance in wages for the engineers' labourers employed in His Majesty's Office of Works, Storey's Gate, Westminster; whether the men concerned have since been repeatedly informed that the-matter is under consideration; and whether it is now possible to make a more definite announcement on the matter?
§ The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Harcourt)The answer to the first two questions is in the affirmative. The matter in now before the Treasury.
§ Mr. ANDERSONWe may take it, then, there is some chance of this matter being very speedily settled, and does not the right hon. Gentleman think that between three and four months is sufficient to give an answer to a matter of this sort?
§ Mr. HARCOURTIt is not what I think, but a matter for the Treasury.