§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he has received any petition or communication from the Junior Clerks Association of the post office engineering branch in respect to an improvement in the conditions of employment; and whether the Select Committee about to be appointed by the postal authorities will inquire into the claims of this body of public servants.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarThe reference to the Select Committee does not include enquiry into the pay of the clerical force. The petition of the Junior Clerks Association is under consideration.