§ SIR G. KEKEWICH (Exeter)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Treasury have considered the recent memorial of the boy clerks in the Civil Service, and whether they propose to give effect to the prayer of the memorial; and, if not, whether they will submit the questions put in the memorial, together with the general question of promotion between grades in the Civil Service, to the consideration of a Select Committee of this House.
§ (Answered by Mr. Runciman.) This memorial has been received from boy clerks in several of the public departments, and is now under consideration.