§ Mr. GINNELLasked whether it is the general practice in the Civil Service that no alteration of rules governing the service is, in the absence of other cause, allowed to diminish the income or otherwise injuriously affect those in the service prior to the change?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI do not know what rules the hon. Member has in mind. It is the general practice in the Civil Service, when changes are made, to consider the position of existing officers so far as may be consistent with the proper administration of the public service.
§ Mr. GINNELLAre new rules made to operate injuriously on officials of the service, before they were drawn up apart from any consideration as to how they affect their position?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI really do not know to what rules the hon. Member refers.