§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Home Secretary how many officers, clerks, servants, workmen, and others will be under the control of the new Minister of Ways and Communications if the proposed Bill is passed into law?
§ Mr. SHORTTAs stated in the reply to a question addressed by my hon. Friend to the Leader of the House yesterday, it it not thought that the numbers directly employed by the new Ministry in the immediate future will be greatly in excess of those now employed in the Departments from which the functions will be transferred.