§ 46. Mr. Boothbyasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many clerks and typists are now on the pay-roll of the Control Commission, and have not yet proceeded to Germany; when they are likely to go there; and what work they are doing in the meantime.
§ The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Mr. John Hynd)Of the latest appointments, 765 clerks and 889 typists have not yet gone to Germany; many of these are proceeding this week and most of the remainder are expected to go within a month. Meanwhile, a small number of them work in my London office. The delay is partly due to the need to give instruction to those who are going overseas, and the process of inoculation against disease; partly to a more temporary difficulty of synchronising their despatch with the release of the military personnel whom they are to replace, having regard to the present shortage of accommodation in Germany.
§ Mr. BoothbyMay I ask what those who are not working in the hon. Member's office have been doing?
§ Mr. HyndI am afraid I could not answer that. They are waiting to go to Germany, to be called forward when accommodation is available.
§ Mr. Skeffington-LodgeWill my hon. Friend say whether it is not possible to get an adequate quantity of clerks and typists among Germans in Germany?
§ Mr. HyndIt is possible to get an adequate quantity, but there are certain jobs of work to be done where it is not desirable that Germans should be handling or dealing with the papers. It is for that reason that clerks and typists from this country are in many cases necessary, but, nevertheless, we have stopped recruiting them.