§ MR. J. M. ROBERTSON (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what steps, if any, he proposes to take to alleviate the discontent amongst the new class assistant clerks in the Civil Service, seeing that a petition for the appointment of an inquiry into their case, which had been signed by a majority of the Members of this House, had been refused.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe pay and conditions of service of the assistant clerks of the new class have repeatedly received careful consideration in the last 673 few years, and I do not see my way to suggest any change.