§ MR. ROYDEN (Liverpool, W., Toxteth)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if it is intended that the provisions of the Treasury Order, dated 10th August, 1889, which gave effect to the recommendations of the Ridley Commission, and which are now under the consideration of the Treasury, on their application to the clerks of the Customs in London, will also be applied to the clerical staff of the Customs at Liverpool; and, if so, whether the Treasury will apply the same treatment to clerks of the present staff at both places whose positions are analogous?
§ SIR H. MAXWELLI am not sure that I understand the precise meaning of the question put by my hon. Friend, but he will see that it is not possible for me to give any general pledge, such as his question suggests, upon cases not before me, without reference to the different conditions of each particular case.