§ Mr. ALDENasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the promise that, in the case of the clerks to the surveyors of taxes, there should be prospect of promotion beyond the maximum, he will take into consideration the case of the abstractor class of clerks in the Statistical Department of His Majesty's Customs and Excise who have been marking time on their maximum for over eight years?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe abstractors referred to form part of the general body of assistant clerks in the Customs and Excise Department who, as a body, have already prospects of promotion beyond the maximum salary of their grade.