§ Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he was aware that the Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, are paying from a ½d. to l½d. per hour less than the standard rate of wages to joiners employed in connection with the construction of the "Dreadnought" they are building, and that, although the firm has been requested to comply with the fair wages clause they refuse to do so; and whether under these circumstances he will take steps to enforce the observance of this clause?
§ Mr. McKENNANo report on the subject referred to by the hon. Member has been received officially, but enquiries will be made of the firm in question.