§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the total number of persons, not at the time of appointment in permanent Government employment, who have been appointed since January, 1906, to positions in his Department with salaries exceeding £100 a year, and who did not previously to their appointment pass an examination by the Civil Service Commissioners; and what was the total annual value of their salaries?
§ Sir E. GREYThe answer is that no one has been appointed in the Foreign Office without passing an examination.