§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEasked the Secretary of State for War (1) whether he is aware of the discontent prevalent in the out-station offices consequent upon the delay in applying the clerical re- organisation scheme in these offices; and whether he can now state the exact date on which the new scheme will be introduced;
(2) why his Department has not yet applied the terms of the agreed Report of the re-organisation sub-committee of the National Whitley Council, published in February, 1920, to the clerical employés in the out-station offices; and whether he will give an assurance that the terms of this agreement will no longer be withheld from the clerks employed under his jurisdiction?
§ Captain KINGI would refer the hon. Member to my answers to questions by the hon. Members for Nottingham South (Lord H. Cavendish-Bentinek) and Lime-house (Mr. Attlee) on the 8th December.