§ Mr. KINGasked the Prime Minister whether it is his intention, in view of the conditions of employment in the Home Civil Service and the Indian Civil Service having been considered by Royal Commissions, to institute an inquiry by Parliamentary Committee, or otherwise, into the conditions of employment in the India Office?
§ The PRIME MINISTERUnder an Order in Council of the 11th December, 1905, the provisions of all Orders in Council respecting the employment and remuneration of persons belonging to the Second Division of the Civil Service of the State apply to the second class clerks in the India Office. As regards other classes of clerks, the practice of the Secretary of State for India in Council is to treat provisions of Orders in Council and Treasury proceedings relating to establishments as applicable to the India Office. I do not, therefore, consider any inquiry necessary.