§ MR. VANDERBYL (Portsmouth)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he can state what progress has been made with the consideration of the case of the Civil Service Writers since March last, and the reason for the unusual delay in arriving at a decision on the subject?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)(who replied) said: I can only refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on the 6th instant on this subject to the hon. Members for Central Hackney and Gravesend—namely, that the question of the Civil Service Writers is receiving the most careful attention of the Treasury; but that I cannot undertake to fix the date at which the decision of the Treasury will be arrived at.