§ Mr. BRIANTasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that officers of many years' established service, transferred from the manipulative grades to the Ministry of Labour at Kew as women clerks in 1920 and 1921, are in receipt of smaller salaries than ex-temporary clerks with shorter service who come under the recommendations of 719W the Southborough Committee; and what steps His Majesty's Government is taking to deal with this state of affairs?
§ Mr. BETTERTONI have been asked to reply. I am aware that the adoption by His Majesty's Government of the recommendations contained in the Interim Report of the Southborough Committee has improved the position of certain officers appointed to permanent clerical posts in the Ministry of Labour since the War, relatively to that of other officers appointed at an earlier date. The question whether any adjustment is necessary in the case of these latter officers is at the moment under consideration.