§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the technical routine unestablished clerks have had their hours extended beyond those of the established clerks in His Majesty's Stationery Office in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh; whether he is aware that overtime has been stopped in the case of the unestablished clerks but continued to the established clerks; and the reason for this differentiation?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe remuneration of technical routine unestablished clerks in His Majesty's Stationery Office has been fixed on the basis of remuneration for a minimum working week of 42 hours, and their terms of employment are the same as those prescribed for other clerks of similar grades in other Government Departments. The permanent clerks referred to receive overtime payment for work done in excess of 42 hours a week, and their remuneration has been fixed with regard to this consideration.