§ 34. Mr. Sorensenasked the Home Secretary whether contractors carrying out demolition work on air-raid damage sites in London are under any obligation to grant holidays with pay to their workpeople; and what representations he has received on this matter?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe Answer to the first part of the Question is in the negative. The demolition contractors undertaking the work in question are required 164 to observe the usual fair wages clause which requires the employer to observe conditions of labour not less favourable than those commonly recognised in the trade in the district where the work is carried out.
§ Mr. SorensenIs the Home Secretary aware of any union that has taken up the matter regarding the granting of this principle to men at work?
§ Mr. MorrisonI cannot say, but it is better that these matters should be discussed between the unions and the employers.