Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the workmen employed in the Director of Works' Department in the Royal Dockyards are now being paid the same rate of wages as the workmen employed in the Construction Department; and, if not, whether he will take steps to place the workmen in the first-mentioned Department upon the same footing so far as wages are concerned 1066W as the workmen employed in similar trades in the latter Department?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe workmen employed in the Works Department of the Admiralty, such as bricklayers, carpenters, masons, fitters, etc., are not paid the same rates as those of similar ratings employed in the Constructive Department, but at rates based on those paid to the building trade in the respective districts. The existing rates of pay of all classes of Director of Works' workmen are, with other labour conditions, now being considered by the Board of Admiralty.