HC Deb 19 July 1912 vol 41 cc695-6W
Mr. TYSON WILSON

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he has received a complaint that the firm of Messrs. Crampton, shipbuilders, Portsmouth, who are contractors to the Admiralty, are paying the joiners in their employment 2s. per week less than the standard rate of wage; and whether he will take steps to enforce the provisions of the Fair-Wages Clause in that case?

Dr. MACNAMARA

A complaint has been received respecting an alleged infringement of the Fair-Wages Clause by the firm in question. The matter is being inquired into.