§ 9. Mr. LEONARD (for Mr. NEIL MACLEAN)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is making inquiries into the complaint from Greenock that Messrs. Hamilton and Messrs. Lithgow, contractors to the Admiralty, are not observing the fair-wages clause in the treatment of apprentice electric welders?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Lord Stanley)I understand that a strike of apprentice electrical welders has been in progress since the 4th February, and I am asking the Greenock Trades Council for further information about the recognised conditions of the industry. It is, however, contrary to the practice of the Admiralty to intervene in a labour dispute when a strike is proceeding.