§ Mr. WILLIAM THORNEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether Messrs. Baxter and Thrippleton, dyers and finishers, of St. Ann's Mills, Kirk-stall, Leeds, are contractors to the Department; if he is aware that this firm are paying a less rate of wages than that prevailing at other firms in accordance with 385W the agreement entered into by the workmen's associations; and if he will intimate to the firm that the rate current in the district must be adhered to?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe firm named are not contractors to the Admiralty, nor have they been named to the Admiralty by any contractor as sub-contractors.