§ Mr. GEORGE ROBERTSasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if Messrs. Gurteen and Sons, wholesale clothiers, of Haverhill, are or have been engaged in the manufacture of Army clothing; whether his attention has been called to the low rate of wages alleged to be paid thereon; and, if so, whether he will ascertain as to the satisfactoriness or otherwise of the rates of wages which are in fact paid by the firm and see that these are in consonance with the Fair-Wages Clause?
Mr. BAKERMessrs. D. Gurteen and Sons, of Haverhill, are engaged in the manufacture of Army clothing. My attention has been called to the wages alleged to be paid by this firm, and an inquiry into the matter is now proceeding.