HC Deb 15 March 1935 vol 299 cc741-2W
Sir R. GOWER

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that the estimated number of established men in His Majesty's dockyards for the forthcoming financial year is only 7,896 as compared with 8,313 in 1934, he will now consider the desirability of restoring the ratio of establishment to one in one?

Sir B. EYRES MONSELL

This question is at present under discussion on the Admiralty Industrial Council as the result of a motion put forward by the trade union side, and I will inform the hon. Member of the result in due course.