§ 43. Lord NINIAN CRICHTON-STUARTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the case of Customs clerks of the first class who, since the amalgamation of the Excise and Customs, cannot attain to the maximum salary of the next grade above, as they could before the amalgamation?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEBefore amalgamation Customs first-class clerks could only proceed beyond their own maximum of £400 if and when they were promoted to a higher class. Under the amalgamation scheme their maximum has been increased to £450, and they are eligible to be considered for promotion to higher posts. I see no reason for revising these arrangements.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that if they proceed to competition for higher posts and fail, they are debarred from attaining the maximum scale in which they already are?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI should rather like notice of that question.