§ LORD CLAUD HAMILTON (Liverpool, West Derby)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he has yet had under his consideration the Memorial of the Civil Service Writers, presented to the Treasury in August last, supported by the signatures of 120 Members of Parliament; and, if so, whether he can state to the House the nature of his decision thereon?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)(who replied): The Civil Service Writers' Memorial is before the Treasury. Its subject-matter, together with similar general questions 455 affecting the Civil Ser vice as a whole, is receiving our careful consideration, and I hope it will be possible before very long to announce the conclusions arrived at.