§ 54. Mr. THOMASasked whether the maximum salary attainable by officers lately Excise clerks, namely, £400, is granted only on condition that such officers waive their right to compete at the examinations for promotion?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe special maximum of £400, which is the highest 799 salary they could possibly have attained under pre-amalgamation conditions, has been granted to officers, lately Excise clerks, only as an alternative to competing at the examinations for promotion to surveyorships (scale £320–£450) in the new service.
§ Mr. THOMASIt not this instruction detrimental to men coming in?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThat was not the view of the officials.
§ 63. Mr. RONALD M'NEILLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the repeated statement that there is no separate Customs or Excise branch in the amalgamated service, why the Committee appointed to decide the terms of payment for overtime, night, and Sunday attendances discriminated in the matter of payment for such attendances between officers on Excise duties and officers on Customs duties to the disadvantage of officers of Excise origin?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThere is no discrimination against officers of Excise origin. In fixing the terms of payment for extra attendance and work, it is necessary to discriminate between work done under one set of conditions, and work done under another, but the same rules apply equally to all officers where the conditions are the same.