§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that men employed in lumber camps under the Timber Supply Department have had their wages reduced from£2 5s. per week to£2; that allowance formerly made for lodging and travelling has also been discontinued, although the men are away from home all the week whether he is aware that these men have never received any war bonus, and that dissatisfaction regarding the reduction in wages, after the men have been through the bad winter weather, exists; and whether, in view of the policy of the Government regarding the stabilisation of wages as enacted by the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, he will have inquiries made into this matter and have these men's old conditions restored, if not improved?
§ Sir A. GEDDESIf the hon. Member will communicate to the Timber632W Controller particulars of any cases he has in mind, inquiries will be made, but without more precise information it is not possible to give a definite reply; speaking generally, the wages paid by the Timber Supply Department are the ordinary, rates in different localities.