§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a postman is entitled to six months' sick leave without loss of pay while an established clerk to a surveyor of taxes is only entitled to one month's sick leave on full pay and one month on half-pay, after which his salary ceases; and whether he will arrange that in future established clerks to surveyors of taxes shall receive the same sick leave as all other established clerks in the Civil Service?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe scale of allowances for sick leave for established clerks in the offices of surveyors of taxes is considered adequate for all ordinary cases; in exceptional cases the Commissioners of Inland Revenue can, in the exercise of their discretion, grant some extension beyond the normal maximum of sick leave allowance.