§ MR. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if connection with a postal trades union like the Fawcett Association would in any way interfere with the official prospects of postal employees; and will he state whether in Dublin, when minor clerical appointments were being given, confidential reports were made concerning the connection of applicants with the Fawcett Association.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINNo such reports as are referred to in the Question were made at Dublin, nor would connection with a Trades Union interfere with the prospects of promotion in such cases.
§ MR. NANNETTIWere not confidential representations made at Dublin with reference to an officer of the Fawcett Association?
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI do not think so. But that is not the Question on the Paper, which I have inquired into.