§ 28. Sir W. SUGDENasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government are now in a position to consider the claim for the establishment of ex-service P-class and temporary paper keepers, record keepers, and messengers who have already served for a long period; and whether the Government are prepared to give them establishment on a basis comparable to that prescribed for P-class and temporary ex-service clerks?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAAs regards the first part of the question I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on the 2nd March, 1933, to the hon. Member for Ealing (Sir F. Sanderson). The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.
§ Sir W. SUGDENDoes not the hon. Gentleman consider that it is essential that this matter should be given immediate attention as very great hardship obtains as a result of the lethargy with which it has been dealt with up to the present?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThis matter has had very prolonged attention and was the subject of a report by a Royal Commission and nothing that we are doing is inconsistent with the recommendations of that Commission.
§ Sir W. SUGDENHaving regard to the proverbial lethargy of Royal Commissions, will the hon. Gentleman direct his own agile mind to the consideration of this matter?