§ Flight-Lieutenant Haireasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will issue an instruction that not only will civil servants be given permission to offer themselves as candidates in elections to local authorities, but that, if elected, they will be given time off, if necessary, to attend meetings without deduction of pay.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to a Question on this subject on 20th November last to my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, Central (Mr. G. Thomas).