§ MR. W. T. WILSON (Lancashire, Westhoughton)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that certain head postmen, assistant-head postmen, and assistant inspectors of telegraph messengers at Birmingham have been given forms saying that if the work they are now doing is paid for at a higher rate, as is contemplated in a forthcoming revision, they will not be held to possess any claim to the new appointments; and whether men who have performed such duties for many years to the satisfaction of their superiors are to be considered to have no claim if it is decided to pay for these duties at a higher rate.
(Answered by Mr Sydney Buxton.) I will make inquiry into the matter