§ 55. Mr. HANNONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will be prepared to make a statement, on the re-assembly of Parliament, on the attitude of the Treasury towards the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service that basic salary and the cost-of-living bonus should be consolidated?
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Philip Snowden)The House will be informed at the earliest opportunity of the decision taken in this matter by His Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. HANNONMeantime, will there be no interference with the bonus payments to the lower-paid civil servants?
§ Mr. SNOWDENI have already given several replies to that question.