§ 1. Mr. Manderasked the Minister of Labour the position generally prevailing about the payment of employes, including pieceworkers, whose work is either delayed or interrupted by air raids, air raid warnings, or air-raid practices?
§ The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Brown)Apart from arrangements that may have been made by individual employers, recommendations have been made by a number of employers' organisations to their members, in some cases after discussion or in agreement with the unions concerned. These recommendations vary considerably, being adapted to the circumstances of the various industries, but in general they provide a substantial degree of compensation to employes, both hourly paid and pieceworkers, for time lost owing to air raids or air-raid warnings.
§ Mr. BanfieldWill the right hon. Gentleman be good enough to carry out his answer in practice so far as trade board regulations are concerned?
§ Mr. ManderDoes that apply to air-raid practices as well as warnings?