§ MR. KIMBERI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the recent appointment of a First Division clerk, fresh from the Civil Service Commission, to the Secretary's Office, Customs, was made in opposition to the recommendations of the Secretary; and whether the Treasury will direct the carrying out of the recommendations of the Ridley Commission (Second Report, paragraph 11), as far as the Revenue Departments are concerned?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Sir J. T. HIBBERT,) OldhamThe appointment was made in accordance with the recommendation of the responsible heads of the Department—namely, the Commissioners of Customs, and with the full approval of the Treasury. The action taken appears to me to be consistent with the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments.