§ 97. Mr. CROOKSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that on the 5th February last application was made by the National Union of Clerks, on-behalf of clerks employed in the Royal Arsenal, for certain questions to be submitted to arbitration; that up to the present the only information that can be obtained is that the Ministry of Munitions and the War Office are being communicated with on the matter; and whether he will take steps to have the matter expedited?
Mr. RUNCIMANI can at present only say that the matter is under consideration by the Ministry of Munitions and the War Office, who, I understand, are in communication on the subject.