§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer when he proposes to reoommend the Government to give effect to his proposal respecting the appointment of some permanent body or Commission, outside 555 the sphere of electoral pressure and Party differences, which might advise the Government on matters connected with the salaries and position of Post Office officials.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)My proposal is not quite correctly stated in the hon. Member's Question. It was that if the suggestion was generally approved, a Committee of this House might be appointed to lay down the principles by which the wages of employees of the State should be fixed, and to consider whether it would be possible to create some permanent body or Commission, outside the sphere of electoral pressure and Party conflicts, to advise the Government of the day in the application of these principles to particular cases. I am now endeavouring to ascertain the opinion of Members upon this suggestion. It can only be proceeded with if it meets with general approval.