§ 46. Colonel APPLINasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in view of the pledge given by the late Financial Secretary to the Treasury that the appointment to the Civil Service of the successful candidates in the examination. held in November last will in no way restrict the promotion of permanent non-pensionable men or temporary ex-service men and that no efficient temporary ex-service clerk will be discharged in order to make room for successful candidates from the examination referred to, why 120 men have been discharged on the grounds of decrease of work, while vacancies have been announced by the same Ministry for 550 new appointments; and can he give the House an assurance that these vacancies will be given to temporary ex-service clerks?
Mr. SAMUELI assume that the Ministry of Labour is the Department referred to. I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the detailed statement 23 made by the Minister of Labour in reply to similar questions on this subject by my hon. Friends the Members for North Kensington (Mr. Gates) and North Croydon (Lieut.-Colonel Mason) on the 17th February last.