§ Mr. ANDERSONasked the Minister of Munitions whether his attention has been drawn to a case before the London. Munitions Tribunal, in which an apprentice was prosecuted at the instance of the employer for having lost over thirty hours in one week; whether he is aware that this lost time was largely due to the fact 1939W that the employer locked out the apprentice for the day when he arrived half an hour late owing to train difficulties; whether he is aware that another workman employed by the same firm was locked out for two and a half days as a punishment for losing time; and, since this practice involves diminished output, whether it is proposed to take any action against the firm in question?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYIf my hon. Friend will give me the name of the firm, and of the workmen he has in mind, I shall be obliged. But I may say that I had already seen a newspaper report of a case which may be the one referred to, and had called for a report.