§ MR. NANNETTII beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the memorial presented in January, 1904, from the assistant clerks known as abstractor clerks has yet been considered by the, Lords Commissioners of the
†See (4) Debates, cxlv., 928.53 Treasury; and, if so, whether he is prepared to say if any improvement has been made in their status and positions.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (Mr. VICTOR CAVENDISH, Derbyshire, W.)The decision of the Treasury on the memorial in question has been conveyed to heads of Departments. Certain improvements have been sanctioned in the pay and conditions of service of the abstractors.