§ Mr. Gallacherasked the Home Secretary whether instructions have been given to all local authorities that work undertaken in connection with air-raid precautions preparations be carried out by unemployed men and paid for at trade union rates of wages?
§ Mr. LloydIn the recent circular letter which authorised local authorities at once to start the digging of trenches, it was suggested that the help of the Employment Exchanges should be sought in providing labour: and I have no reason to suppose that local authorities departed from their usual practice of engaging when necessary suitable unemployed labour through the Employment Exchanges and, in the case of work put out to contract, including a fair wages clause in the conditions of employment.