HC Deb 26 March 1942 vol 378 cc2144-5
47. Mr. Purbrick

asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of overtime paid in his Department for the last month for which figures are available, and has any improvement been made in the peace-time system of checking overtime to ensure that the worker has fully worked 100 per cent. in his ordinary time before working overtime?

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. R. S. Hudson)

The amount of overtime paid in January, the latest month for which figures are now available, was £4,365. All possible steps are taken now, as in peace-time, to prevent overtime being worked unnecessarily.

Mr. Purbrick

In view of the large amount of overtime that is paid, should not the Minister introduce some special system of checking overtime?

Mr. Hudson

I should have thought that there is a very small amount of overtime.