§ Mr. PICKERSGILLasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the fact that those second division clerks of the Civil Service, who were formerly assistant clerks, and who enter the second division by means of open competitive examinations, are not allowed to count their previous established service for the purpose of calculating the amount of their annual leave; and whether he will extend to them the advantage which is enjoyed by certain other clerks who, having been promoted to the second division, are entitled to the same amount of annual leave as if their previous established service had been in the second division?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI regret to be unable to authorise the extension of this concession to clerks appointed to the second division as the result of an open competitive examination.