§ 72. Lord NINIAN CRICHTON-STUARTasked how the sum of £85,120, the estimated cost in the immediate changes in pay for sorting clerks and telegraphists under the Holt Committee's recommendations, is arrived at, having regard to the fact that the principal recommendations affect only the maximum pay of the male sorting clerks and telegraphists, of whom not more than 30 per cent. are in receipt of the maximum pay?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEMy right hon. Friend regrets that he is not yet in a position to furnish the particulars asked for by the Noble Lord, as certain of the proposals with regard to the pay and conditions of service of sorting clerks and telegraphists arising out of the Holt Committee's recommendations are still under discussion with the Treasury.