HC Deb 08 December 1919 vol 122 c876
21. Mr. LESLIE SCOTT

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he could explain the estimate in paragraph 7 of Mr. Justice Sankey's First Report that the cost of the reduction in hours would be £13,000,000?

Sir A. GEDDES

Mr. Justice Sankey and his colleagues who signed the Interim Report have not furnished to the Government any statement explaining the estimate that the cost of the reduction in hours would be £13,000,000.