§ 52. Mr. HOGGEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that permanent civil servants in almost every case are granted consider ably longer holidays and yet work shorter hours than temporary civil servants doing approximately the same work, and in view of the additional advantages in the way of pay, superannuation, and pension rights held by the permanent civil servants, he will take steps to get rid of this anomaly?
Mr. GRAHAMWhile the hon. Member is mistaken in supposing that permanent civil servants in almost every case are granted considerably longer holidays, and yet work shorter hours than temporary civil servants doing approximately the same work, it is the case that in general the permanent staff are eligible for longer holidays. In view of the different conditions of service and of recruitment it would be difficult to agree that the terms of employment of permanent and temporary civil servants should necessarily be identical in this respect.