§ Sir P. DAWSONasked the Postmaster-General why a conscientious objector is placed in charge of ex-service clerks, grade III, at the Studd Street depôt?
§ Mr. PEASEThe officer in question is a member of the permanent staff of the Post Office Stores Department, and in ordinary course assists in the supervision of temporary clerks employed in the same section. No change is considered necessary, but as the hon. Member is no doubt aware, a Select Committee has been appointed to consider the position of conscientious objectors in the Civil Service generally.
§ Sir P. DAWSONasked the Postmaster-General why a temporary female clerk employed in the stamp section has been placed on a duty which was being carried out by an ex-service clerk, temporary grade III?
§ Mr. PEASEIn connection with discharge of temporary clerks in the Post Office Stores Department certain rearrangements of personnel were necessary, including the exchange of a senior temporary female clerk with an ex-service male clerk employed on work proper to a woman. No ex-service clerk in the Stores Department has been discharged.