Mr. G. MURRAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the great increase of work in the Colonial Office due to reconstruction measures necessitated by the War, and to the larger amount of activity now proceeding in the development and opening up of the Crown Colonies and Protectorates, he will, in order to relieve the pressure and to expedite business, make arrangements in consultation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to provide in the next Budget for the employment of a limited number of additional chief clerks in the principal sub-departments of the Colonial Office?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYProposals for augmenting the administrative staff of the Colonial Office have already been assented to by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.