§ Mr. ASTORasked the Postmaster-General the number of ex-National Telephone operators at Plymouth who were promoted to the rank of assistant supervisor during 1912; whether their length of services as operators, respectively, was in any way comparable with that of the senior Post Office operator; whether the qualifications of the latter were considered when these promotions were made; and whether, having regard to the promise given that the Post Office telephone staff should suffer no injustice as a result of the transfer of the ex-National Company's staff, he will have inquiry made into this matter and into the failure to obtain a reply to the appeals submitted locally by the senior operator?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI will make inquiry on the subject and communicate further with the hon. Member.