§ 42. Mr. BATEY (for Mr. THORNE)asked the Minister of Labour how many ex-service temporary clerks in the Department have been put in the employment clerk grade during the past 12 months, to the latest convenient date; whether there are any vacancies in that grade; and if ex-service temporary clerks will be appointed to fill the said vacancies?
Mr. HUDSONEx-service temporary clerks are not eligible for direct promotion to the employment clerk grade. Their, line of promotion has been to the "P" Class and there have been 31 such promotions in the past 12 months. Further, a new class, known as the "S" Class, is being formed under the agreement made with the staff representatives embodied in the Report of the Temporary Staffs Committee, 1932. To the new "S" Class (the members of which will have permanent and, in most cases, established status), there are being appointed over 1,400 male temporary clerks, in addition to the whole of the "P" Class.