§ 59. Mr. BANFIELDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, as the salaries of Imperial civil servants employed on duties in Northern Ireland are paid out of the revenue collected in and subsequently credited to Northern Ireland, he will state on what grounds civil servants in Northern Ireland who derive their remuneration from the same source are not accorded privileges in respect of concessions as to age limits at the open competitive examination for appointment to the reserved services which are granted to such Imperial civil servants?
§ Mr. W. S. MORRISONI am not prepared to accept the premise that employés of the Northern Ireland Government who are paid from the Exchequer 1529 of Northern Ireland and home civil servants paid from the Exchequer of the United Kingdom derive their remuneration from the same source; nor, as previously stated, am I prepared to extend to other services the concession which is allowed to established members of the home Civil Service in respect of age limits at open competitive examinations for entry into the latter service.
§ Mr. BANFIELDIs the hon. And learned Gentleman aware that there is grave dissatisfaction among civil servants in Northern Ireland; and will he have inquiry made into it?
§ Mr. MORRISONThe matter was brought up before, and I would only say that members of the Civil Service in Northern Ireland have their careers to make in that service, and that it is a different service from that which applies in the case of England and Scotland.