§ MR. ESSEX (Gloucestershire, Cirencester)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the proposal to transfer certain persons of the staff of the Patent Office, London, to the proposed new branch in Manchester, he will see that provision is made for compensating such transferred persons for the losses they will necessarily incur by removal, etc.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) Yes, Sir. These officers will receive suitable compensation for losses necessarily incurred through removal to Manchester.