§ 12. Sir A. KNOXasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will recommend the cancellation of the new allowance of £250 a year granted to members of the Governor-General's Council in the Sudan in 1928, in order to 1573 restore some part of the cut of 28 per cent. on pay and allowances inflicted recently on company clerks in the southern provinces of the Sudan?
§ Sir J. SIMONNo, Sir.
§ Sir A. KNOXDoes my right hon. Friend realise that these unfortunate clerks in the Sudan have been reduced £55 a year?
§ Sir J. SIMONMy answer to the original question must still be in the negative.
§ Sir A. KNOXIs. it not most unfair that these people who live in Khartum with all the amenities there should get this high rate of pay and not stand a fair proportion of the cuts?
§ Sir J. SIMONEven if the hon. and gallant Gentleman were right, surely he does not suggest that an adjustment which may be right in respect of one set of people should be altered because of the inequality which he now raises.
§ Sir A. KNOXDoes not the right hon. Gentleman think that there ought to be a fair adjustment all through the Sudan?