§ Sir K. WOODasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether any employés at the Woolwich Arsenal are in receipt of wages amounting only to £2 4s. a week; and whether he has received any representations that in many cases such wages are lower than the amount received from the guardians for an unemployed man and his family?
§ Mr. GWYNNEThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, the scales of outdoor relief payable by guardians of the poor have on occasion been mentioned by deputations in connection with the wages paid at the Arsenal, but I do not trace any recent representations on the point. I presume the guardians give relief according to the size of a man's family.