§ MR. W. KENNYI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury from what date the new Treasury Rule (referred to at page 12, House of Commons Paper, No. 515), under which members of the Civil Service are not allowed additional years on abolition of office, takes effect; and whether the Rule applies to existing members of the Civil Service at the date when it came into force?
§ * SIR J. T. HIBBERTThis Rule has been in operation since August, 1889, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated to the House that addition of 1113 years for abolition of office should only be granted in exceptional cases. The Rule applies to all Civil servants then serving or subsequently appointed.