Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, if he is aware that Mr. J. Latter, who has the contract for keeping clean the southern part of the road encircling Regent's Park, is paying the men employed on this work from 2s. to 5s. per week less than the borough council and the Office of Works are paying their workmen in this district for doing similar work; and whether he will take steps to enforce the provisions of the Fair-Wages Resolution in this case?
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§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe part of the road to which my hon. Friend refers is not maintained by any Government Department, but by the Crown Estate Paving Commissioners acting under special Acts of Parliament and deriving their funds from rates levied on the occupiers of houses on the Crown's Regent's Park Estate. I understand that the contract in question contains a Pair-Wages Clause, and inquiry is being made into the matter.