§ SIR SAMUEL SCOTT (Marylebone, W.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, pending a decision being arrived at, it is proposed to post to the War Office in the ordinary manner gentlemen who passed the examination of clerkships in the higher division of the Civil Service; or whether all appointments are suspended.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) On an establishment of seventeen higher division clerks approved by the Treasury in 1904 there are now six vacancies. All appointments to these vacancies have been suspended under instructions from the Treasury, pending consideration of the 1388 question involved. I expect that a decision will be come to shortly.