§ Mr. Gallacherasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that at the munitions factory at Bishopton two boilers of the heater-tube type are being erected; that boilermakers as a rule are employed at erecting these boilers at a wage rate of is. 6½d. per hour; that instead of employing boilermakers, labourers at a lower rate of wages are being employed on this job; and will he make inquiries and take what steps are necessary?
§ Captain A. HudsonI have been asked to reply. I am informed that the boilers are being erected in accordance with the usual practice; that the work being done is not such as calls for the services of boilermakers, but of skilled water tube erectors with the assistance of unskilled and semi-skilled labour. As at present informed, my right hon. Friend is not in a position to call upon the contractors to employ other types of labour.