Mr. T. F. RICHARDSasked the Secretary of State for War if he could state whether there is a fair wage clause in a certain sanitary contract now being carried out at Wynberg Barracks, Cape Town, by a contractor named Schultz; whether he is aware that the plumbers engaged on the contract are not being paid the district rate of wages; and whether he will take steps to have the fair wage clause observed?
§ Mr. HALDANESuch contracts are concluded locally. The case will be inquired into.