§ 19. Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for War what are the duties of a dock operating unit, R.E.; how many of these units are stationed in the United Kingdom and which of these were used in the recent unofficial dock strike.
§ Mr. ShinwellThe duties of port operating units, Royal Engineers, are to load and discharge military cargoes and vehicles, and to operate cranes, winches, and other cargo handling equipment in ports. It is not the practice to disclose the number of units of a particular type stationed in any one area. Officers and men from a port operating section of the Royal Engineers were employed in the London Docks during the recent strike.