§ MR. J. ROWLANDS (Finsbury, E.)asked the Postmaster General, Whether an application has been made to the Treasury for a large increase of clerical staff in the Post Office; if so, whether the greater part of this increase 322 is necessitated by the requirements of the Savings Bank Department where the hours of service are six per day; whether there are nearly 300 Lower Division employed in that Department, whose scale of pay for seven hours' service is already fixed by Order in Council; and, whether the Treasury, instead of granting an increase of staff, will take steps to carry into effect the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments, that all offices should be placed on a seven hours' footing?
§ SIR HERBERT MAXWELL (A LORD of the TREASURY) (Wigton) (who replied) saidNo application has been made to the Treasury for any increase in the clerical staff of the Savings Bank, or any other branch of the Post Office. As to any recommendation which may be made by the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments, that question should be addressed to the Treasury.