§ Mr. CARR-GOMMasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he was aware of the dispute between the Port of London Authority and staff of the Surrey Commercial Docks over the payment of wages; and whether he would intervene in the matter in order to obtain a settlement?
Mr. BUXTONI understand that some difficulty arose in connection with the decision to readjust the method by which wages are paid in the case of certain classes of employés of the Port of London Authority at the Surrey Commercial Docks, in order to make the system of payment at those docks uniform with the system in force at other docks. I am informed, however, by the Port of London Authority that the arrangements which have now been made to carry out the readjustment will entail a minimum of inconvenience to the staff and that further difficulty is not anticipated.