53. Sir F. HALLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can now state what reductions, if any, are made in the pay of P-class men in the Civil Service when they are promoted to the established class?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)An agreement has recently been reached with the staff associations concerned under which the temporary reduction in pay hitherto arising in some cases on the promotion of P-class clerks to established clerical classes will be prevented.