§ Sir S. HOAREasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can now announce the names and terms of reference to the Committee of Inquiry into the claims of ex-service men to permanent positions in the Civil Service; and whether he is aware that it is important that the Committee should report in good time before November, at which date the examination is being held in which ex-service men have been invited to compete for entrance into the Civil Service?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe Committee has now been set up, with the following terms of reference:—"To consider the existing arrangements for the appointment of ex-service men to posts, whether permanent or temporary, in His Majesty's Civil Service, and to advise what modifications, if any, should be made therein."
The Committee will be made up as follows:
Chairman:
The right hon. the Earl of Lytton.
Members:
The hon. Member for Ripon (Mr. E. Wood).
The hon. and gallant Member for Bradford East (Captain Loseby).
Sir Malcolm G. Ramsay, K.C.B., Controller of Establishments, Treasury.
Mr. A. W. Watson, C.B.E., Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour.
Mrs. Oliver Strachey.
I am aware of the importance of an early Report from the Committee.