HC Deb 04 April 1944 vol 398 c1808
55. Sir A. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as the National Whitley Council has been asked to make proposals regarding the post-war staffing of the Civil Service, he will also consult the Association of Ex-Service Civil Servants, which is not a member of the National Whitley Council, in order to ascertain the point of view of men and women now serving in the Forces.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Anderson)

The Association of Ex-Service Civil Servants is not entitled to speak for the men and women now serving in the Forces. The association in fact comprises only a small body of existing civil servants, and, I understand, includes few of the men or women now serving in the Forces. The association has been invited to submit to the Treasury its views on the matters referred to in the statement which I made on 17th February, so far as concerns those persons whom it is entitled to represent.