Lieut.-Colonel SPENDER CLAYasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether painters, carpenters, and bricklayers are paid 2d. an hour above the 1420W local rates at Halton Camp, Wendover; whether walking time up to two hours is paid; and, if so, whether he will take steps to stop this unnecessary expenditure of public money?
§ Major-General SEELYThe rates of pay at Halton Camp are those fixed by Award No. 2,197 of the Committee on Production. Walking or travelling time is paid under a decision of the South Eastern Conciliation Board. The Air Ministry is, like any other public Department, bound by this award and decision.