§ Mr. Purbrickasked the Secretary of State for India the amount of overtime paid in his Department for the last month for which figures are available; and has any improvement been made in the peacetime system of checking overtime to ensure that the worker has fully worked 100 per cent. in his ordinary time before working overtime?
§ Mr. AmeryThe amount for the month of February, 1942, was £1,181. I am satisfied that the amount of paid overtime is at all times limited to the minimum necessary to the adequate discharge of the work.