§ 9. Mr. MANDERasked the Minister of Labour whether he proposes to discuss, or has discussed, at his industrial conferences the restriction of overtime with a view to providing more employment?
Mr. STANLEYThe question of overtime has formed, and will continue to form, one of the points of discussion in the meetings that I am holding with the principal industries in the country on the subject of the increase of employment.
§ Mr. LAWSONWould the right hon. Gentleman draw the attention of the employers, when he is discussing this matter with them, to the fact that in Scotland there are large numbers of mines which are drawing coal all day on Sundays, and therefore the men in those mines must be employed for more than the normal weekly period?
Mr. STANLEYThe hon. Member will, of course, be aware that the coalmining 1862 industry is not one of the industries that I am interviewing in this connection. As he knows, it comes under my hon. Friend the Secretary for Mines.
§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESWould the right hon. Gentleman be good enough, in order to give a lead in this matter, to see that there is no undue overtime worked in Government Departments in the first place?