§ 15. Mr. ROWNTREEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the war bonus of 5s. which was granted to the engineering trades is also being paid to the staff of the Army Ordnance Departments at Chatham, Dover, Harwich, and other places and is not being paid to the staff at York; and, if so, whether he will give instructions for the bonus to be paid at York?
§ Mr. FORSTERAs I stated in my reply to my hon. Friend on the 13th instant, this is a bonus to the engineering trades. At a few stations where the engineering work is considerable the concession has been extended to other employés, but I fear the bonus cannot be extended generally.
§ Mr. ROWNTREEWill you extend it to the same class of work?
§ Mr. FORSTERIt is not so much a question of the class of work. It is more a question of the classes of workpeople.