HC Deb 26 May 1954 vol 528 c28W
80. Mr. Hamilton

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty to make a statement on the wage rates payable to agreement workpeople serving at the Royal Naval Armament Depot, Durban.

Mr. J. P. L. Thomas

Hitherto agreement workpeople in South Africa have been paid on a system by which weekly pay has been related to local wages. They have requested that their wages should be based on United Kingdom wages, plus foreign service allowance, according to the normal practice at other overseas stations. This has now been agreed and instructions are being issued to the naval authorities.