§ 39. Dr. Littleasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the labourers in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Department, Kinnegar, Holywood, County Down, who are ex-Servicemen, have received only 1s. per week increase in wages since the outbreak of war; and whether, in view of the increased cost of living, he will consider the case of these men engaged in necessary work, and allow them a bonus similar to that given to Royal Army Ordnance Corps workers employed in Great Britain?
§ Mr. StanleyLabourers employed in the Ordnance Depot at Kinnegar have, in common with similar employés in the majority of Ordnance Depots in Great Britain, been granted an increase of 4s. a week as from the beginning of the pay week in which 22nd February fell. Instructions to this effect were issued on 5th April.
§ Dr. LittleCan my right hon. Friend say the date on which the bonus of 4s. was granted? I have had a letter from a representative of these labourers stating that they, have received only 1s. a week since the beginning of the war.
§ Mr. StanleyPerhaps the hon. Gentleman will send me the case. My information is that instructions were issued on 5th April and that payments were back dated to 22nd February.