HC Deb 23 February 1937 vol 320 cc1817-8
36. Mr. Hardie

asked the Secretary of State for War whether the Bedeaux system or the Taylor system is employed in any of the works or factories receiving contracts from his Department?

The Secretary of State for War (Mr. Duff Cooper)

I have no precise information regarding the extent to which these systems are employed by War Department contractors, but I understand that a number of contractors make use of the Bedeaux system or some modification of it.

Mr. Hardie

Does the right hon. Gentleman understand the destruction of the nervous system that takes place among workers who are so treated; and will he take steps now to save the nervous system of people whom he may require before long, so that he may have these men with completely unbroken nerve, instead of men with nerves shattered by a stupid system?