14. Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office 145 whether any decision has been arrived at concerning the rate of wages to be paid to skilled labourers employed at His Majesty's Gunwharf, Portsmouth; whether he is aware that the Admiralty offered his Department the assistance of an officer to confer with the chief ordnance officer at His Majesty's Gunwharf, Portsmouth, with a view to the assessment of their rates of pay in October, 1917; and whether he is aware of the discontent that exists in this Department due to the delay in arriving at a decision by the Admiralty?
§ Mr. FORSTERI hope that a decision will be reached shortly.