§ 72. Mr. Hamiltonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many workers have been transferred from the R.N.A. Yard at Donibristle to Rosyth Dockyard; how many have suffered a reduction in wages as a consequence of such transfer; and what has been the average reduction in wages per man.
§ Mr. T. G. D, GalbraithThree hundred and fifty-three have been transferred to Rosyth Dockyard. Of this number 149 have transferred to jobs carrying a lower wage rate, the average reduction in wages being about 25s. per week.
§ 73. Mr. Hamiltonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if
124Wthat they would continue to receive a substantial volume of contracts. Since then there has been a substantial falling off in defence requirements and a continuous fall in packaging contracts and it has proved impossible, despite strenuous efforts by Remploy, to obtain enough work to keep these factories fully loaded. Within the limits imposed by their policy, the Ministry of Supply make as much packaging work as possible available to Remploy