§ MR. JOHN KELLY (Camberwell, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether, in view of the fact that the Treasury has sanctioned the payment of overtime in the Telegraph Department at time and a quarter for work performed after eight hours' employment, he is prepared to recommend that the clerks of the Savings Bank Department, who are compulsorily working overtime beyond eight hours a day, should be paid at a similar rate; and, if not, whether he can state the length of time which must elapse before he can propose to issue instructions that these clerks should not be compelled to work beyond the eight hours a day?
§ *MR. RAIKESMy answer to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in the negative. As regards the second part of the question, I hope to reduce the hours of work of the officers referred to soon after Easter.