§ Lord H. CAVENDISH - BENTINCKasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the civilian clerks in the Labour Corps records offices in Nottingham receive only £2 15s. 3d. per week, while the labourers at Chilwell receive £3 5s. per week, and the road sweepers in the employ of the corporation of Nottingham receive £3 1s. 6d. per week: and whether, in view of the rising cost of living and the nature of the work performed, he will revise the salaries in this Department, so that the civilian clerks, many of whom have served in the War with distinction, may receive an adequate salary?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONThese clerks are being paid, over and above the permanent rate applicable to the post, the full war bonus awarded by the Civil Service Arbitration Board to meet the present situation.