asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a firm named the Clyde Rubber Company, Dunlop Street, Glasgow, had a contract with the Home Office for a supply of gas masks, and that this firm were paying to a girl, Miss Beattie, aged 20, the wage of 20s. weekly; and whether he has taken any action on this complaint, in view of the fair-wages clause in the contract?

This contract was placed by my Department on behalf of the Home Office. The complaint referred to is under investigation, and I will in due course inform the hon. Member of the result.