§ Major HORE - BELISHAasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has considered the ease of the established manipulative grades of the Post Office who competed on 4th September, 1922, in a limited competition for appointment to the grade of the clerical class in the General Post Office, and who obtained over 50 per cent. but less than 60 per cent. of the marks at this examination; whether he is aware that this examination was of a higher standard than that now proposed to be set under his agreement with the ex-service civil servants; and whether, seeing that 439 ex-service men who competed in the 1922 examination have undoubtedly shown as high a standard of knowledge as will be required of the new candidates, he can see his way to admit the 439 ex-service men above referred to without further examination, particularly seeing that this would not interfere with his agreement with the ex-service civil servants or in any way prejudice the position of the latter?
Mr. GUINNESSI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a similar question asked by the hon. Member for Finchlcy (Mr. Cadogan) on the 24th February, of which I am sending him a copy.