27. Mr. DOYLEasked how many people are employed by his Department in 219 France and Belgium on salvage work; to what nationalities they belong; what are the rates of pay per day; what is the total result of their work during the last twelve months; and how long he anticipates that the work will last?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI would refer my hon. Friend to the replies to questions by the hon. and gallant Member for the Clackmannan and Eastern Division on 28th October and 3rd December. Since the former answer the numbers have been reduced considerably, and are decreasing daily. The British troops receive the ordinary rates of pay, and the Chinese about 2s. 2d. a day.