§ 75. Colonel Sir ARTHUR HOLBROOKasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he proposes to take any steps with respect to the large increase in the number of persons employed in Government Departments, 3,390 having been added in the three months 1st April to 1st July; if any further increase occurred in the following three months; and what is the cause of these increases?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Arthur Michael Samuel)I would refer my hon. and 1116 gallant Friend to the answer which I gave yesterday to a question on this subject by my hon. Friend the Member for the Isle of Thanet (Mr. Harmsworth).