§ Mr. NOEL BUXTONasked the Prime Minister whether members of the Civil Service will be permitted to give evidence before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service with the assurance that any criticisms they may make of the present system will not be prejudicial to their advance- 565W ment; and whether they will be allowed to give evidence through representatives who are not members of the Civil Service, their own names being communicated to the chairman of the Commission alone?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the latter part the matter is one for the decision of the Commission, with whom the calling of witnesses to give evidence lies.