§ MR. JOHN KELLYI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is in a position to state approximately when the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments, in so far as they have been accepted by Her Majesty's Government, will be submitted to the House for consideration and, whether he will consider the desirability of giving effect to those recommendations from 20th December last, the date of the Treasury Minute 1554 by which the system of duty pay was practically abolished?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI am not yet in a position to say when, having regard to the present state of business, the Government will be able to submit for the consideration of the House recommendations founded on the Reports of the Civil Establishments Commission, but no time shall be lost.
§ MR. J. KELLYWill the recommendations be brought forward before Whitsuntide, or at least before the end of the Session?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI have every hope that that will be done in the course of the present Session and so as to give effect to the recommendations of the Royal Commission.