§ 72. Mr. AMMONasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, in connection with the filling of a supervising vacancy for overseers telegraph canvassing work in Scotland, the Union of Post Office Workers asked that applications should be invited in accordance with the procedure of the Promotion Committee's Report; that the Department replied that the vacancy has now been notified to the staff in the usual way in accordance with the procedure indicated in the Promotion Committee's Report; that in fact this procedure was not adopted, but that the vacancy was filled by an officer not on the acting list and only 95th on the staff list; whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction created among the local staff; and if he will state why the agreed pro motion procedure was not carried out?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Viscount Wolmer)The Glasgow staff were notified of the vacancy and they availed themselves of the opportunity of making representations on the subject, but the Postmaster-General found it necessary to select an officer 1382 who was not on the acting list in view of his special experience of the duties for which the post was provided.