Captain TERRELLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the agitation for placing the whole of the Civil Service on an established basis; and what, in this case, would be the cost to the nation of such a change?
Mr. YOUNGI am aware that in certain quarters proposals have been put forward with a view to placing the whole of the Civil Service on an established basis. It is not possible to estimate the cost of such a radical change in the organisation of the Civil Service, as the 1063W cost would be materially affected by the conditions under which the new system was introduced. It would almost certainly prove to be very large.