§ Sir H. NIELDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed to abolish the Civil Service Arbitration Board and, if so, what are the reasons for so doing, and is it suggested that the work of the Board has in the past been inefficient or unsatisfactory, and in what respect; and whether he is aware that, if the Whitley system is to continue, confidence can only be ensured by the tribunal being wholly impartial, and that the abolition of the Arbitration Board will mean that Government Departments will become, and be, judges in their own cause?
Mr. YOUNGThe decision to discontinue the Civil Service Arbitration Board has already been announced and the reasons for this course were fully stated in the reply to a question put by the hon. Member for the Rushcliffe Division of Notts on the 22nd February1820W last, of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy.