§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the minimum wage of the unskilled labourer employed at His Majesty's Gunwharf, Devonport, is 22s. a week, and that the minimum wage of the labourer in the adjoining dockyard will, on the 1st June, be 23s.; and will he consider the advisability of levelling up so that the minimum wage my be the same in both cases?
§ Mr. HAROLD BAKERYes, Sir. The necessary action is being taken.