41. Mr. Charietonasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information concerning the tender for the construction of the railway workshops at Haifa; whether the contract will be financed from the proceeds of the Palestine Loan; and, if so, whether a fair-wage clause will be included in the form of tender submitted to the competing contractors?
§ Dr. SHIELSI have no information with regard to the first and third parts of the question. It is contemplated that the contract will be financed from Loan funds, which would involve the application of the provision in the Palestine and East Africa Loans Act, 1926, as regards fair conditions of labour.
Mr. CharietonWill the Under-Secretary answer the last part of the question with regard to a fair wages clause?
§ Dr. SHIELSI have explained that the money has been advanced from the Palestine and East African Loans Act, and there is in that Act a Section dealing with fair wages.