§ Mr. RILEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company are paying their workmen employed at their Albanian oil wells the wage of 1s. 6d. per day; and if, seeing that the British Government is a shareholder in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, he can take steps to have a higher wage paid?
§ Mr. McNEILLAs has been frequently stated in the House, the Government are under obligation not to interfere in the administration of the Anglo-Persian Company and therefore cannot intervene in the matter referred to; but I am informed that the company's Albanian workmen404W are paid at a much higher rate than that mentioned in the question, and also at a higher rate than the prevailing local scale.