§ Mr. KENNEDYasked what wages are paid the civilian staff of clerks in the Army Pay Office, Dublin; whether some 600 of these clerks are paid a less wage than the military staff clerk for doing exactly the same work under worse conditions; if so, what is the difference in the wage of the two classes of clerks referred to; whether this inequality is to continue; and, if so, why?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe temporary civilian clerks, to whom I think the hon. Member refers, are paid 35s. a week, and there are 193 of them in the Army Pay Offices in Dublin. Their conditions of service are quite different from those of clerks in the Army Pay Corps, who are liable for service abroad, and it is not proposed to alter the rates of pay.