§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now state what action he proposes taking to secure the enforcement of the Fair-Wages Clause at Dowlais, where the moulders make the moulds for the ingots from which the plates for battleships are rolled, and also the various parts of the machinery employed in the rolling process, and where 1885W the pattern-makers make the patterns for the moulders, and are thus in tooth cases directly employed in connection with the contracts now being executed by Messrs. Quest, Keen, and Nettlefold on behalf of the Admiralty?
§ Mr. McKENNAIn reply to the hon. Member's question of the 12th July, I expressed my willingness to refer this point to the Fair-Wages Advisory Committee for an opinion, and I am in communication with the India Office on the subject.