§ 87. Mr. CROOKSasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that, although the women office-cleaners at the War Office, the Admiralty, and the India Office have received an increase in wages to meet the cost of living, the women in the other offices have received no increase, their wages being 13s. 9d. a week for two attendances a day; and whether he will make an inquiry into the matter with a view to some concession being granted?
§ Mr. MONTAGUI believe that the Departments named have increased the wages of their charwomen, but I am not aware of the grounds on which the increase was given, and I am not prepared to take any action as regards other Departments.