§ Mr. Tomlinsonasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the County Brook Mill Company, who have been granted permission to work overtime by the factory inspector for the district whilst engaged on Government orders, have not conformed to the general agreement in the trade, and are not paying the agreed rates for overtime being worked; and in these circumstances will he revoke the order?
§ Sir J. AndersonIn view of the pressure of Government work at this firm's mill at Foulridge, I have felt it right to make an Order under the Factories Act permitting 51½ hours a week to be worked there by women and young persons over 16. The question of wage rates is not dealt with under the Factories Act, and the considerations of which I have to take account in the administration of that Act would not justify me in revoking the Order.