§ MR. TUITE (Westmeath, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury to state whether the question of restoring the Saturday half-holiday to Civil Service Writers has received the attention promised by him on the 22nd of November last; whether he can now announce the decision arrived at with regard to renewing a privilege which has been allowed to them for a period of 15 years, but which, some time ago was under Treasury Circular withdrawn from them; and whether the paragraph in the Treasury Minute issued on the 22nd of August, relating to the Saturday half-holiday, applies to writers as well as to the Upper and Lower Divisions of the Service?
§ MR. JACKSONYes, Sir; the question has been considered by the Treasury, and it has been determined to allow an alternate Saturday half-holiday to the writers.