§ Mr. SNELLasked the Secretary of 'State for War if he is aware that considerable overtime is being worked by engineering employés in Woolwich Arsenal; and whether, having regard to the heavy charge of local relief for unemployed men, he will consider the possibility of reducing this by the absorption of unemployed men and the suspension of the existing overtime work?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe overtime at the ordnance factories is restricted to the narrowest limits. It is confined to maintenance work on plant and machinery which cannot be done in factory hours, to work necessary to ensure a proper flow of work between workmen whose jobs are interdependent, and to finishing off urgent orders. I fear390W that the suggestion contained in the second part of the question is not practicable.