HC Deb 16 March 1911 vol 22 c2574W
Mr. SPEAR

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will consider the propriety of at once raising the wages of unskilled labourers in His Majesty's dockyards; and if he is aware that with heavy rents and increased cost of living it is impossible for men to fittingly maintain their families on their present wage?

Mr. McKENNA

According to my present information, the conditions of employment of the men in the Royal yards are not inferior to those of men in good employment outside.