§ Mr. GILBERTasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that clerks employed in sub-post offices in the South-, Eastern district are paid as little as £1 per week for an unlimited number of hours; whether the maximum pay for an established woman post office counter clerk is 40s. per week plus a war bonus 1857W of 23s.; and whether, if a war bonus is necessary in the case of the established staff, he will take immediate steps to prevent the payment of such inadequate wages as those paid to the assistants in the London sub-post offices?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHI beg to refer the hon. Member to my reply to a similar question by the hon. Member for Silvertown on the 7th instant.
§ Mr. HOODasked the Postmaster-General whether the clerks employed in sub-post offices in the Wimbledon area are paid 35s. for a week of fifty-four hours; if he will say what is the wage paid to established Post Office servants for a week of forty-eight hours in the same district; and whether he can see his way to put both classes on a more equable footing?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHI bog to refer the hon. Member to my reply to a similar question by the hon. Member for Silvertown on the 7th instant.