§ MR. STUART-WORTLEY (Sheffield, Hallam)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any
§ increase in salary under the present organisation of the Excise Service; and, if so, whether, in the interest of the public service, he proposes to take any, and if so, what steps in the matter.
§ (Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The figures given in the Question are approximately correct. But the proportion of officers in Dublin, or in any other centre who have passed the point at which they can look for further promotion, is no indication of the general prospects of promotion throughout the service as a whole. These general prospects are very much better than the Dublin figures would suggest, and it is not considered that the present organisation of the Excise Service calls for any material modification.