MAJOR GREAMEasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to cases in which members of the Joiners' Union have declined to handle joinery made in districts where the recognised district rate is lower than the rate obtaining in the district where the houses are to be erected; whether such action tends seriously to prejudice the prompt execution of housing schemes; and what action ho proposes to take in the matter?
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§ Dr. ADDISONTwo such cases have been reported. I am informed that the usual custom in the building trade is for work to be paid for at the rates obtaining in the district in which the work is executed, but I am making further inquiries in the matter, and I propose to consult my right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour as to the best means of adjusting the difficulties which have arisen in these cases.