§ Mr. WEIGALLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether local Excise officers are in receipt of extra remuneration in consideration of their duties in connection with the National Insurance administration; and, if so, from what date the extra remuneration will accrue?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEIn announcing to the Customs and Excise Service in May last the Government's decision as to their future rates of pay and conditions of service, I made it clear that in arriving at that decision the Government had taken into account the new duties under the Insurance Act.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, as a result of the amalgamation of the Customs and Excise services the prospects of promotion of Excise officers have been considerably diminished; and whether, bearing in mind that the compensating allowance of £20 per annum is to be made long after the time of promotion and increased salary would have been reached in the ordinary course, and that this allowance is not receivable at all by such officers as ultimately become surveyors, and that there is dissatisfaction among Excise officers on the matter, he will take steps to secure that no such officers shall in fact suffer financial loss, especially as their duties have recently been increased by the passage of the National Insurance Act, through the deferred prospects of promotion?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThese matters were fully considered by me before I announced the Government's decision to the officers concerned in May last, and I am unable to reopen the question.