SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL&c.) (for Mr. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM) (Lanark, N.W.)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether the maximum pay of the bank note stampers in the Bank of England is 30s. per week; whether a Petition has been sent by these men to the Directors praying for increase of pay, and why no notice has ever been taken of it; is it a fact that two bank note stampers, who have completed 50 years' service, applied for a pension and were answered that there was "no pension" made for stampers; and, whether he will favourably consider the claims of these men to increased pay and a pension?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)(who replied) said: The hon. Member must have asked this Question under a misapprehension. The Bank of England is not a Government Department, and the Government has nothing whatever to do with the management of its staff, any more than with that of any other bank.