§ 1. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is now in a position to give the decision of their lordships as regards the remuneration of men entered locally at the Royal Dockyard, Gibraltar; is he aware that the war bonus for labourers at Gibraltar is 6d. and for mechanics is. a week; and, seeing that the price of food, is the same for labourers and mechanics, can he see his way to place both classes of men on the 1s. rate?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Dr. Macnamara)All the locally entered employés at Gibraltar whose wages do not exceed 20s. 6d. a week have now been given a war bonus of 10 per cent. on their pay in lieu of the bonuses of 6d. and 1s. a week previously approved. This raises the war bonus of all the labourers to at least 1s. a week.