§ Sir K. WOODasked the Secretary of State for War if he now proposes to make 2136W any improvement in the condition of Grade 4 clerks at the Royal Arsenal and their promotion to established grades?
§ Mr. SHAWThe position of the clerks referred to is closely analogous to that of temporary ex-service clerks employed throughout the Government service, and it is not possible to deal with them except in relation to the general ex-service problem. The matter will be reviewed when the Royal Commission on the Civil Service has reported.
§ Sir K. WOODasked the Secretary of State for War whether he can now make a statement concerning the position of the second class book-keepers at the Royal Arsenal; and whether an agreement has now been arrived at as to their representation on the Whitley bodies?
§ Mr. SHAWI regret that the employés' sides of the two Whitley bodies concerned have so far found themselves unable to reach agreement on the question of the representation of second class book-keepers. The question is being further explored, but in the meantime I am not in a position to make any statement.