§ Mr. F. E. SMITHasked the Postmaster-General whether the difference in remuneration given to Post Office employés in Liverpool and London, respectively, is governed solely by the estimated difference in the cost of living in these two cities; and whether, -if so, he will exhibit as a Parliamentary Paper the estimates respectively of such cost of living upon which differentiation is founded?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe scales of pay to which the hon. Member refers were fixed as regards both London and Liverpool in accordance with the explicit recommendation of the Select Committee on Post Office Servants who took into consideration cost of living and certain other circumstances. The information collected by the Board of Trade on the cost of living is published in the Board of Trade Report of 1908 (Cd. 3864).