§ MR. TUITE (Westmeath, N.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether it is the intention of the Government to compel the retirement of any Civil Service writers pending the Report of the Royal Commission; and, if not, what is the cause of the increase of £4,000 in the Estimates (Class II., Vote II., Civil Service Commission), under the heading "Bonuses and Gratuities to Copyists?"
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)I am not aware of any intention to compel the retirement of copyists; but I must not be understood to pledge the Departments in any way to take, or avoid taking, any action which may seem necessary in the Public Service; but there is no connection between this question and the £4,000 for bonuses and gratuities, this being the amount which is expected will be required to meet arrangements already sanctioned.