§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Mr. J. R. Bevins)With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I should like to make a short statement.
In moving the Central Land Board (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order, 1959, on Thursday, 19th March, I said, in good faith:
None of the officials of the Central Land Board will in any way suffer any diminution of salary or rights."—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 19th March, 1959; Vol. 602, c. 764.]I have since found that this is not so. It has proved impossible to offer work in the same grade to every official whose work has disappeared, though this has been done in all but two, or possibly three, cases.I wish to express my regret to the House.