§ Mr. Parkerasked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma whether the reduction in the period of training in Great Britain of Burmans who are provisionally selected for the Burmese Civil Service from two years to one year was approved by the Government of Burma; and, in view of the fact that the Burmese Ministers were opposed to the change and that those who have the duty of training the probationers in this country consider one year too short a period, and as the reasons urged for the reduction in the case of Indian probationers for the Indian Civil Service do not apply to Burmans in training for the Burmese Civil Service, whether he is prepared to recommend a reversion to the period of two years' training of Burmese probationers in this country?
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Lord StanleyThe decision to reduce the period of probation in England of candidates recruited in Rangoon for admission to the Burma Civil Service (Class I) from two years to one year was taken by my Noble Friend before the inauguration of the new Constitution, after consultation with the Government of Burma. I am not aware that any objection to this new arrangement has been raised, but it is subject to reconsideration if, in the light of experience, it proves to be unsatisfactory.