Sir H. DALZIELasked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the locally engaged bricklayers who are employed at Rosyth are receiving the extra 7s. per week which is being paid to bricklayers brought from southern dockyards; whether the contractors carrying out the work at Rosyth Dockyard are forbidden. by the commodore to pay the halfpenny per hour increase conceded by the master builders of Dunfermline and district, which embraces Rosyth, to their men employed in the dockyard; and whether the contractors' men are paid the 7s. per week allowance?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAAs regards the temporary war increase of 7s. per week, locally engaged bricklayers and those brought from Southern dockyards are treated alike—that is to say, the increase is paid in addition to Admiralty rate, but not in addition to special local rate when the latter equals or exceeds Admiralty rates plus war bonus. As regards the second part of the question, the answer is in the affirmative. Finally, the contractors' men are not paid the 7s. per week allowance as a war bonus, but their rate of 11d. per hour is equivalent to the special rate plus the war bonus now paid to-Admiralty bricklayers.