§ 109. Sir H. NIELDasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether the award of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employés recently published granting a bonus and an increase of wages will apply to whole-time but temporary officers employed in the Ministry and its various sub-departments; and, if not, what provision is proposed to be made to increase the salaries of such officers who have for upwards of twelve months past been wholly engaged in the service of the Ministry?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe award referred to applies only to permanent officers on scales of salary fixed on the basis of pre-war conditions. The salaries of temporary staff are normally fixed on the basis of war conditions, and any revision of their schemes must depend on the circumstances of each case.