§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give an assurance that Government contracts for Admiralty work require firms not to lock-out employees engaged on such contracts in an attempt to break a strike or in any other way to further a dispute concerning pay or conditions on merchant shipping contracts; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MasonNo. It is not the purpose of Government contracts for naval work to regulate the industrial relationship between its contractors and their employees.