§ MR. FIELD () Dublin, St. PatrickTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the present discontent in the subordinate ranks of the Civil Service as to their pay and prospects is due to the attitude of the higher permanent officials; whether he is aware that some of these gentlemen have at all stages of their official career, particularly in the Post Office, opposed the legitimate and temperate claims of subordinate civil servants, many of which, after investigation, have since been granted; and whether, in view of the many service questions still unsettled, he will arrange, in the public interest, that these disputes shall be submitted to the arbitration of a Committee of the House, which will have the power of carrying out its own findings.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The Answer to all three Questions is in the negative.