HC Deb 12 February 1917 vol 90 cc295-6W
Colonel Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCK

asked the Minister of Munitions whether he will give a Return of the Orders issued by him under Section 6 (1) of the Munitions of War (Amendment) Act, 1916, the trades in which workers covered by these Orders are engaged, and the number of firms to which these Orders have been applied?

Mr. KELLAWAY

The following Orders have been issued under Section 6 (1) of the Munitions of War (Amendment) Act, 1916:—

  1. 1. Remuneration of women on men's work Order: first applied 28th February, 1916; amended 1st January, 1917; further amended 5th February, 1917.
  2. 2. Remuneration of girls on men's work Order: first applied 17th July, 1916.
  3. 3. Remuneration of women and girls on work not recognised as men's work Order: first applied 17th July, 1916; amended 22nd January, 1917.
  4. 4. Remuneration of women and girls on woodwork for aircraft Order: first applied 2nd October, 1916.

The first and the second of the above Orders have been applied, up to the present, to 3,585 establishments, engaged in the following trades:—

Arms, ammunition and ordnance, mechanical, electrical, telegraphic and marine engineering; makers of electric and telegraphic accessories; machine tool manufacture; shipbuilding and repairing; iron and steel works; tube works; tin-plate, lead and copper works; foundries; blast furnaces; wire and cable works; textile and printing machinery; motors and cycles; aircraft; constructional engineering; the manufacture of saws and files; cutlery; silver and electro-plate.

The third of the above Orders has been applied, up to date, to 3,875 establishments, embracing the following trades:——

Arms, ammunition and ordnance; mechanical, electrical, telegraphic and marine engineering; makers of electric and telegraphic accessories; machine-tool manufacture; shipbuilding and repairing; iron and steel works: tube works; foundries; blast furnaces; lead and copper works; wire and cable works; textile and printing machinery; motors and cycles; aircraft; constructional engineering; the manufacture of saws and files; cutlery; silver and electro-plate; chemicals, asbestos; rubber; optical and scientific instruments; explosive and filling factories; mica.

The fourth of these Orders has been applied to the aircraft industry.