Mr. T. WILSONasked the Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that, owing to being paid from 23s. to 25s. per week less wage than is paid to men employed on 2898W similar work in the West of Scotland, the building trade employés at an aerodrome near Inverkeithing are on strike; and whether, with the object of ending the dispute, he will bring their wages up to the same rate as that paid at the aerodromes referred to?
§ Mr. PRETYMANCertain men employed by contractors at the aerodrome referred to are at present on strike, and demand to be paid similar rates and allowances to those paid by the Air Ministry contractors on an aerodrome in another district. It is not possible to concede the demand, as the rates now paid in the area in which the aerodrome referred to is situated, have recently been reviewed by the Committee on Production, who decided that the operatives had failed to establish a claim for an increase.