§ MR. BARKER (Penryn and Falmouth)I beg to ask the Postmaster General, when he proposes to take the Post Office Supplementary Estimate, under which provision is made for carrying out the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Post Office Wages.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThere is no intention of taking the Supplementary intimate to which my hon. friend refers until I have published the revision of wages and conditions of service founded on the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee, and until time has been given for the consideration of the revision. If the House desires to discuss the report of the committee and matters arising out of it, it would be able to do so on the Supplementary Estimate with due notice given. The revision will, I hope, be issued within a day or two. As I have already stated, the delay in publication will not adversely affect the remuneration of any officer, as all improvements in pay will date back to January 1st. I may add that, for various reasons, the publication of the revision has been delayed, as I was anxious to make it as complete as possible before publication. As it is, the classification of offices will be necessarily very incomplete, as the Board of Trade inquiries into the cost of living are not yet finished.