§ 45. Major GLYNasked the Prime Minister whether the subjects to be investigated by the proposed Royal Commission on the Civil Service will include the working of the machinery of Whitley councils in the service and the general question of the employment of ex-service men in the Civil Service?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLYes, Sir.
§ Major GLYNDoes that mean that the Terms of Reference are sufficiently wide to enable all questions regarding ex-service men in the Civil Service to be inquired into?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI have been asked a specific question to which I have given a definite answer. I must have notice of any further questions.
§ 46. Sir WALTER de FRECEasked the Prime Minister whether, in order to avoid shelving the questions at issue for a long period, he proposes to expedite the proceedings of the Royal Commission which is to investigate the removal of the marriage bar and other matters concerning the Civil Service; and of what these other important questions consist?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe object of the Royal Commission is, not to shelve, but to undertake a dispassionate and informed examination of the Civil Service from the point of view of its efficiency as a national instrument and of its own well-feeing. The Commission's Terms of Reference and constitution will be announced when the new Parliament meets, and my hon. Friend may rest assured that the inquiry will be conducted with despatch.