§ Mr. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, in view of the recommendation of the Tweedmouth Committee that in all cases bank holidays occurring within the period of annual leave should be added to the number of days' leave to which the officer is entitled, upon what grounds have members of the staff of the telegraph department of the Belfast post office, who entered on the period of annual leave on last bank holiday (Whit-Monday), been ordered to resume duty on the 23rd instead of the 24th instant; and, whether such members as now desire it will have an additional day added to their present holidays in accordance with the recommendation referred to?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY, ) PrestonIn arranging the annual leave of 10 of the telegraphists at Belfast for the period including Whit-Monday, it was found inconvenient to reckon that day in the leave; but an equivalent day off will be given later on, as recommended by the Tweedmouth Committee.