§ Mr. RAPERasked the Minister of Pensions if Mr. Wilson has been appointed to the permanent service without examination; whether his appointment was opposed by the secretariat of the Department; if his appointment is in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Lytton Committee recommendation; and if Mr. Wilson is now substitutional in accordance with the recommendations of the Lytton Committee?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONMr. Wilson was appointed to the permanent service, under Clause 7 of the Order in Council622W of the 10th January, 1910, without examination, in June, 1920, before the Lytton Committee reported. His appointment was made in exceptional circumstances, in view of the understanding on which he left the pensionable service of the London County Council in June, 1918, after 15 years' service, to take up duties in the Ministry. As a permanent civil servant, Mr. Wilson is not substitutable under the recommendations of the Lytton Committee.
§ Mr. RAPERasked the Minister of Pensions if Mr. Clack, who has been recently employed by the Ministry of Pensions, was recommended by the joint substitution board; and, if not, why outside candidates were appointed to posts in the Civil Service without their sanction?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONMr. Clack has been employed on pension work under the London War Pensions Committee since August, 1917, and was transferred to the Ministry on the dissolution of that Committee in August last, with the specific approval of the Treasury, in view of his long experience in Pensions work.