§ 17. Mr. PRINGLEasked the Minister of Munitions whether he could give an estimate of the time lost by foremen, managers, and workmen in attending the sittings of munitions tribunals?
§ Dr. ADDISONI am afraid that it is quite impossible to obtain statistics on this subject without an amount of labour which would be very disproportionate to the advantage obtained.
§ Mr. PRINGLEWould it not give some idea of the futility of the Act?
§ Dr. ADDISONNo, I do not think so.
§ Mr. G. TERRELLIs not a very large amount of time being unnecessarily wasted by requiring people to attend these tribunals?
§ Dr. ADDISONA considerable amount of time must necessarily be involved, but it does not necessarily follow that the time has been wasted.
§ 18. Mr. PRINGLEasked the Minister of Munitions what is the cost of the working of the munitions tribunals up to 31st December?
§ Dr. ADDISONUp to the 30th November the total expenditure on sixty-five munitions tribunals was £6,502. The figures for December are not yet complete.