§ MR. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the Instruction to the Income - Tax Committee, which covers the system of repayment of overpaid income-tax, and as such overpayments in surveyors' offices are regulated by the clerical staff under the supervision of the surveyor, he will, under the circumstances, further instruct the Committee to inquire into the position of surveyors' clerks, in order that provision may be made for their establishment as permanent civil servants, or such other steps taken as will guarantee them security in their profession, and a prospect of maintenance as they become unfit for further service.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.)No such question could possibly come within the scope of the present inquiry.