§ Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has seen the recent interim Report of the Lytton Committee, in which unsuccessful ex-service candidates in the Civil Service examinations of November and December last are recommended for re-examination, providing that they can secure the support of the chief of the Department; if so, will he confer with this Committee with a view to securing the inclusion of unsuccessful non-service candidates on the same terms; and, generally, whether it can be arranged, examinations apart, that a more considerate attitude shall be shown regarding the retention of non-service men, provided that the number of ex-service men is not brought below 70 per cent. thereby nor the efficiency of the Civil Service impaired?
Mr. YOUNGI have seen the Second Interim Report of Lord Lytton's Committee. In paragraph 6 of that Report the Committee stated that in their next Report they would put forward a recommendation with regard to the position of those ex-service men who failed to reach the qualifying standard in the recent examinations for the clerical class. I regret that I do not see my way to suggest to the Committee that they should extend any recommendation which they may submit to cover the cases of non-service personnel.