§ 63. Mr. J. Langford-Holtasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider making all temporary clerks in the Civil Service eligible for selection for establishment after five years' continuous service.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallThe establishment scheme now in progress does this, but the conditions of any future schemes will have to depend on numbers of vacancies.
§ 64. Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why temporary clerks in the Civil Service with 10 or more years' continuous service who have been performing identical duties to established clerks receive a lower rate of pay and are ineligible for a pension.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallTemporary clerks receive lower rates of pay than established clerks because their range of duties is not fully equivalent and the standard of their recruitment is lower. They are ineligible for pension because they have not been established, i.e., selected to fill permanent posts.
§ Mr. MikardoCan my right hon. Friend give the House the Socialist definition of the word "temporary"? If a Treasury official went on making the same mistake for more than 10 years, would that be described as a "temporary aberration"?
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI have never liked the word "temporary," but it is in common use and is quite well understood. It really means "unestablished."