Earl of RONALDSHAYasked the Postmaster-General if he can now say what decision has been arrived at as a result of the further consideration of the claims of the postmen of the Highgate, Hornsey, and Muswell Hill districts to promotion to Division II., promised in the Report of the Hobhouse Committee issued 12 months ago?
§ Mr. BUXTONUnder the classification scheme founded on the Report of the Parliamentary Committee (which appears in the Return "Post Office (Changes in Wages, etc.)" presented to the House of Commons in July, 1908), the postmen in the districts mentioned received an advance of 1s. a week in their maximum wages.