§ 8. Mr. COWANasked the First Commissioner of Works how many attendants on the staff of this House in his department receive wages amounting to not more than £2 per week; whether he proposes, in view of the recent considerable increase in the cost of living, that those members of the staff should be paid a bonus during the continuance of the War; and, if so, whether he can indicate the scale upon which such bonuses are to be paid?
§ The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Harcourt)The number of men is forty-six. In answer to the second and third questions, I can only refer to the replies given on the 4th and 18th ultimo to similar questions by the hon. Members for Blackburn and Deptford.