§ 14. Mr. HIGHAMasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the agreement, 535 reached at the last meeting of the Board of Trade Whitley Council, that no post in the Board of Trade be filled by the appointment of a person from outside the permanent establishment of the Board of Trade until the permanent staff of the Board has received full consideration; and whether he proposes to appoint a temporary officer now acting as one of his private secretaries to a permanent staff officership to the detriment of the prospects of the existing permanent staff of the Board of Trade?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEI am fully aware of the agreement reached at the last meeting of the Board of Trade Whitley Council. The question of permanent employment for ex-service men who are temporarily employed in the Government service is under consideration, and the position of the private secretary referred to, with that of other men of similar experience, will be governed by the decision on the general question.