§ 80. Colonel Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the fact that in December last the total staff of his Department numbered 23,813, of which over 12,000 constituted non-service labour, of which number there were over 4,000 substitutable positions; and, in view of the large number of dismissals in other Departments of ex-service clerks, will he undertake that all substitutable non-service labour, as defined by the Lytton Report, shall be replaced by ex-service officers and men who served with His Majesty's forces in the War?
§ Major TRYONThe question of the substitution of non-service personnel in the Ministry was fully considered by the Lytton Committee, and is dealt with in paragraphs 18 and 19 of the third report of that Committee. My right hon. Friend is at present adjusting his staff in order to carry out the recommendations of that Committee by the 31st prox.