§ 74. Sir FRANK SANDERSONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, seeing that it is the policy of His Majesty's Government to extend preference in the matter of employment to ex-service men as messengers and paper and record keepers in the various departments of His Majesty's Civil Service, and in view of the fact that they have had continuous service for upwards of 12 years, His Majesty's Government will open up negotiations with the appropriate associations with a view to these men being granted pensionable status?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAAs stated in paragraph 210 of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, 1929–1931, the classes concerned are ordinarily organised in two grades, of which the higher is established, the members of the lower grade being eligible for promotion to this grade. Representations on the general subject of the establishment of classes at present unestablished have in fact already been made through the recognised channels, and are at present the subject of discussion.