§ 10. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether with reference to the recent discharges of casual employés from His Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport, he is aware that they were given only a few hours' notice of the termination of their employment and will he arrange for a longer notice to be given in any future case?
§ Mr. AMMONCasual employés are engaged on the understanding that they will be discharged without notice when no longer required. While some notice is sometimes given, the amount that can be given must depend upon the nature of the work and I am unable to give any undertaking in this respect.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHADo not the Admiralty think it a very inhuman thing that men are allowed to arrive for the work on which they are engaged at an early hour of the morning and are then sent away? Could they not be told the day before?
§ Mr. AMMONIf the hon. Member has any evidence to that effect, I shall be glad if he will bring it to my notice.