68. Mr. GUINNESSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of ex-service temporary clerks discharged during the year 1929 from their posts in the Civil Service owing to the termination of their work, and who were not offered other employment by the Joint Substitution Board?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)Further employment was available for every efficient ex-service temporary clerk within the Guinness Agreement discharged during 1929.
Mr. GUINNESSHas the hon. Gentleman not noticed that my question is about the temporary clerks who are not covered by that agreement, and is it not a fact that these men are being dismissed from Kew because of the large intake of new recruits?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEThat is the subject of the next question on the Paper.
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEThe right hon. Gentleman is addressing himself to the subject of Question No. 69.