HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1870s → 1878 → February 1878 → 11 February 1878 → Commons Sitting → CHINA—THE CHEFOO CONVENTION.

THE CIVIL SERVICE—SELECT COMMITTEE, 1876–1877.—QUESTION.

HC Deb 11 February 1878 vol 237 c1424 1424

§ MR. CHILDERS
asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether Her Majesty's Government have arrived at any decision on the recommendations of the Select Committee which sat in 1876 and 1877 on the employment of soldiers and sailors in the Civil Service?

§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
No decision has yet been arrived at, and the Treasury are in communication with other Departments of the Government on the subject.