§ Mr. ROBERT YOUNGasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that, by agreement between the skilled unions and the South Wales and Monmouthshire Steelmakers' Association, employing over 1,000 skilled mechanics, the general rate of pay for skilled workers is to continue at £3 2s. 6d. plus cheap coal till 30th September, 1923; that the Powell-Duffryn Steam Coal Company, Tredomen Works, employing about 150 skilled men, pay a much smaller rate whether this company recently borrowed money and obtained a subsidy from the Government to build workmen's houses; and whether they will be removed from the list of Government contractors until they pay the recognised trade union rate in common with their competitors in the area covered by the agreements entered into by the members of the association?
§ Commander EYRES - MONSELLI have been asked to reply. The matter is now being investigated.