§ 59. Viscount CURZONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the officials in the Valuation Office of the Board of Inland Revenue were promised a re-grading scheme over four years ago, when the whole of the principal officers of the Inland Revenue were re-graded with substantial increments, and that over 100 ex-service men in that office are still awaiting correspond- 2242 ing benefits to those which the principal officials have been enjoying for over four years; and can he make any statement?
Mr. GRAHAMI presume that the reference in the first part of the question is to an announcement by the Board of Inland Revenue that the re-organisation of certain grades of the staff would be taken in hand as soon as circumstances might permit. The re-organisation of the Valuation Office has necessarily been deferred pending a decision on the general question of the management of Government valuation services. As regards the present position, I would remind the Noble Lord of the statement which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer made in introducing his. Budget proposals.