Item 3 - Letter from Sydney Buxton to Edwin Montagu

Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.—Montagu has no substantial grievance against the Fair Wages Advisory Committee or the Board of Trade. He is sorry that he was not consulted as to the terms of Robertson’s reply in the House, but it was based on an official letter from the India Office conveying the Secretary of State’s opinion that no further consideration of the case was necessary. He is anxious to protect the Committee from being forced to shelter contracting Departments and weaken their sense of responsibility.