§ Brigadier-General CLIFTON BROWN (by Private Notice)asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the numerous allegations that the Government have failed adequately to carry out the recommendations of the Lytton Committee on the subject of the extended employment of ex-service men in the Civil Service, he will be willing to appoint a special Committee of Inquiry to look into the matter?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe Government, after careful consideration. have decided to set up a Committee to inquire into the action taken throughout the Civil Service in consequence of the Report of the Committee set up in July. 1920, under the Chairmanship of the Earl of Lytton, to consider the arrangements for the appointment of ex-service men to posts in the Civil Service, whether permanent or temporary, and to report to what extent practical effect has been given to the Committee's recommendations in the various Government Departments. The composition of the Committee has not yet been settled, but I propose that it should consist of seven or eight members drawn mainly from this House, and that it should include one or more women.