HC Deb 14 July 1919 vol 118 c69W
Mr. DENISON-PENDER

asked the Postmaster-General whether he is. aware that clerks employed in the sub-poet officei-111 the Tooting area are paid 25s. for a week of sixty hours; if he will say what is the wage paid to established Post Office servants for a week of forty-eight hours in the same district; and whether he will state the reason for this difference in remuneration and conditions?

Mr. ILLINGWORTH

I beg to refer the hon. Member to my reply of the 8th instant to the hon. Member for East Lewisham. The pay of an established counter clerk and telegraphist at Tooting is the same as At Blackheath.

Sir WILLIAM DAVISON

asked the Postmaster-General whether the clerks employed in sub-offices in the South Kensington area are paid 35s., inclusive of war bonus, for a week of fifty hours; if he will say what is the wage paid to established Post Office servants for a week of forty-eight hours in the same district; and, if a difference exists in remuneration and conditions, what are the reasons for such difference?

Mr. ILLINGWORTH

I beg to refer the hon. Member to my answer to a question by the hon. Member for Silvertown on the 7th instant.