§ MR. BUTCHER (York)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that there are many assistant clerks (new class) with an average of nine years established service, and in some cases with a total service of fourteen years, who are now in receipt of salaries of between £83 and £85 per annum only, whereas new entrants to the class after similar service will receive £100 per annum; and whether he proposes to take steps to remedy this inequality by giving partial retrospective effect to the recent scheme.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) I am not prepared to give any retrospective effect to the new scheme.