HC Deb 15 May 1879 vol 246 c393
MR. RITCHIE

asked the Secretary to the Treasury, with reference to his statement that no further delay need occur in the issue of the re-organization scheme for the Customs Department after the reports that had been called for from that Department had been received, Whether such reports have now been received by the Treasury; and, if so, when the scheme will be issued?

MR. PEASE

asked, When the decision on the scheme for the improvement of the position of the Customs Establishment, mentioned at page 32 of Parliamentary Paper No. 106 (ordered to be printed on 19th March 1879), is to be produced for the information of the officers in the Customs Establishment?

SIR HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSON

, in reply, said, that different branches of the Customs Department had been dealt with separately in Reports from the Customs to the Treasury. These separate Reports required, each of them, very careful consideration, and the last of them was only received on the 7th of April. Three of the most important of the schemes proposed had been considered and approved generally, and no delay would take place in the consideration of the others. The moment all were considered no time would be lost in bringing- the re-organization scheme into operation.