HC Deb 03 July 1939 vol 349 cc944-5W
Mr. Gallacher

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been drawn to a resolution passed by the staff side at the Royal Naval Armament Depot, Crombie, and sent to the political head of the Admiralty protesting against the breach of established precedent involved in the refusal of the Government to grant civil pay to conscripted civil servants; and will he reconsider this matter with a view to getting it rectified?

Colonel Llewellin

The resolution referred to by the hon. Member has not yet reached the. Admiralty. With regard to the second part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. and gallant Friend, the Financial Secretary of the Treasury, on the 25th May to the hon. Member for West Walthamstow (Mr. McEntee). The Government does not intend to modify the decision then announced.