§ Mr. FIELDasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will have instructions given for the payment of the new rate of war bonus to principal fore men, foremen, foremen writers, and writers in the Army Ordnance and Army Service Corps departments at Dublin and the Curragh with effect from the date of the Treasury authority
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe reference is no doubt to the recent award of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board. This award applies to certain classes of permanent Government employés engaged on clerical duties. Full instructions were issued to the Commands on the 2nd February last. The award does not apply to principal foremen or foremen, nor to temporary employés, who are dealt with separately. 2009W war increases and war bonus paid at the different ordnance depots in the United Kingdom; and why the rates are higher at stations where there are also naval depots?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe increases vary from 7s. to 20s. The differences are due to the fact that under the Fair Wages Resolution of this House, the wages of War Department employés are based on the current rate of the district for similar work. In dockyard towns, the Admiralty rates practically determine the rates of the district.