94. and 95. Sir GILBERT PARKERasked the Postmaster-General (1) if it is his intention to amalgamate the whole of the clerical classes employed in the headquarters departments into one class; and (2) whether, in view of his decision not to enforce the additional hours of duty recommended by the Holt Committee in the case of many of the manipulative classes of the Post Office, while granting the improved scales of pay, it is proposed to treat the clerical classes in the same way?
§ Captain NORTONThe case of the Post Office clerical classes is under general consideration with reference to the Report of the Holt Committee and the subsequent recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, and my right hon. Friend is not yet in a position to make any announcement on the subject.