§ Captain J. HAYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in view of the fact that the Government has recently conceded the minimum salary of £176 14s. per annum to entrants to the permanent clerical class, Civil Service, whether he will undertake that the rates of pay of temporary clerical officers shall not be further reduced until their representatives shall have had an opportunity of submitting their views?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSA reduction in the rates of temporary graded clerks falls due to be made as from 1st September under the existing cost of living sliding scale. In the meantime, it will be open to the representatives of these clerks 1741W to submit any proposal that they may think it right to put forward.
§ Captain J. HAYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in view of the fact that the Report of the Anderson Committee has not yet been submitted, whether he will undertake that no revision of the rates of pay of the temporary clerical classes shall be made until the Report of the Committee shall have been received by the Government?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply given to-day to a similar question on the subject.
— Date Total Net Debt. Rate per Head, European Population. Canada 1st January, 1922 $2,366,861,252 $263.96 *Commonwealth of Australia 30th June, 1923 £335,371,461 £59 10s. 5d. New Zealand 31st March, 1922 £208,241,121 £166 16s. 7d. Union of South Africa 31st March, 1922 £180,209,434 £118 11s. 11d. * Exclusive of Australian States.