§ Mr. HARRY LAWSONasked whether any appointments from outside the Civil Service have been made to any particular posts under the Insurance Commission that have not been notified to the newspaper Press, in accordance with the terms of the circular issued by Sir Robert Morant, dated 14th December, 1911.
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe appointments made by the Commission with previous occupations are shown on page 8 of the White Paper, Cd. 6095. Certain legal and actuarial appointments in England and Ireland; the private secretaries of the Chairmen; in England one and in Wales three emergency appointments were made from outside the Civil Service under conditions which I have already explained in the Debate of 29th February. All the remainder have been made from the Civil Service (in one case an ex-Civil servant). The Commissions are now considering the best method of dealing with any further appointments that may be required outside the Civil Service.
§ Mr. HARRY LAWSONCan the hon. Gentleman say why these appointments were not notified in the manner which was laid down by Sir Robert Morant?
§ Mr. MASTERMANSo far as the appointments connected with Sir Robert Morant were concerned, two gentlemen were at work in the Insurance Commission before the statement was made. They were emergency appointments.