Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will instruct the representative of his Department on the Port of London Authority to endeavour to have inquiry made into an allegation that Messrs. Pearson and Company, contractors at the Royal 516W Albert Dock, are not observing the Fair-Wages Clause in the payment of the carpenters in their employment?
Mr. ROBERTSONAs my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade informed the hon. Member for West Ham on 28th October last, the question of the observance of the Fair-Wages Clause in contracts made by the Port of London Authority is a matter over which the Board of Trade have no control, and representations on the subject should be addressed direct to the Authority. I may remind my hon. Friend that the members of the Port Authority nominated by the Beard of Trade are in no sense delegates to whom I can give instructions.