HC Deb 28 November 1928 vol 223 cc424-5W
Mr. KELLY

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the basic rate paid by the Admiralty to boilermakers and shipwrights at Home dockyards and at Gibraltar?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

The rates of wages, exclusive of bonus, are, at the Home dockyards, 48s. a week for both boilermakers and shipwrights. At Gibraltar for boilermakers the rates range from 27s. to 36s. a week, and for shipwrights the usual rate is 30s. a week.