§ Mr. MIDDLETONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government are represented on the official side of the Civil Service National Whitley Council by any Member of the House; if so, by whom; and how many attendances have been made at meetings of the Council by such Members?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERIt is intended that three members of the official side of the Civil Service National Council should be Members of the House of Commons. The last two meetings of the Council took place in October and November of last year, and it was not possible for the necessary appointments to be. made in time for those meetings. The hon. Members for Hastings (Lord Eustace Percy), Moseley (Mr. Hannon) and Rushcliffe (Mr. Betterton) were in due course appointed to serve on the Council, but the hon. Members for Rushcliffe and Hastings have since felt it necessary to resign in view of their appointments as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Parliamen5ary Secretary to the Board of Education respectively. My right hon. Friend is arranging for two new appointments.