Lieut.-Colonel WATTS- MORGANasked the Minister of Labour how many of the 1,839 firms visited in the course of the investigation into wages and conditions in the drapery and allied trades, but not supplying wages information, were in a position to supply such information but unwilling to do so?
§ Mr. BETTERTON:Information was refused in about 400 cases, or between 6 or 7 per cent. of the cases visited. In about. 1,200 cases no workers were employed. In the remaining cases information for various reasons was not available at the time of the visit, and it was not thought worth while to repeat the visit.