§ Mr. REMERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any steps have yet been taken to apply Paragraph 45 of the Lytton Report regarding ex-service men employed in a technical capacity; and whether he is aware that in some cases technical ex-service men who have been employed for five or six years have been given notice and are being replaced by permanent executive officers with no technical knowledge whatever?
Mr. GRAHAMThe recommendations in Paragraph 45 of the Third Report of the Lytton Committee have been applied in cases to which they were appropriate. I am not aware of the cases referred to in the second part of the question, but I would remind the hon. Member that the paragraph relates to posts recruitment to which would normally be by nomination or limited competition amongst persons outside the Service and it has no bearing on the filling of posts (which apparently do not require technical qualifications) by permanent civil servants.
§ Mr. CASSELSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government is taking to apply Paragraphs 55 and 56 of the Lytton Report so far as the permanent messenger posts in the Civil Service are concerned?
Mr. GRAHAMPosts of established messenger in the Civil Service are now filled by the promotion of unestablished messengers, while unestablished messengers have for some time past been appointed through the machinery of the Joint Substitution Board (except in the case of the Admiralty and War Office, who themselves appoint long-service sailors and soldiers), and such appointments have been confined to ex-service men. The result of these two measures is lo give effect to the intentions of the Lytton Committee.