§ Mr. BARNESasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the firm of Mitchell and Muil, bakers, Aberdeen, holders of a Royal Warrant, purveyors to His Majesty, have issued a notice to their workpeople that any of them spending their earnings with the co-operative society, and not patronising private traders, their services will be no longer required; whether he is aware that the firm in question do not conform to the agreement between the Operative Bakers' Union and the Employers' Association with regard to conditions of labour, and that, therefore, the shop is not a fair one; and whether, in view of these circumstances, he will make representations in the proper quarter for the removal of the Royal Warrant?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI have no information as to the circumstances set out in the question, and I have no jurisdiction in the matter of the Royal Warrants which are granted from the Lord Steward's Department. If, however, such a notice as is described in the question has in fact been issued, it would appear to be an infringement of Section 6 of the Truck Act, 1887, and should be brought to the notice of His Majesty's Inspector of Factories.