§ Mr. AMMONasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that dissatisfaction exists among the staff at the Edinburgh sorting office on account of the practice of passing over senior officers in making selections for the acting list; that not one of the 15 senior officers nominated by the staff has been included in the list; that only one of the 80 officers at the head of the seniority list figures on the acting list; and that in the view of the staff the exclusion of senior officers cannot be justified on grounds of efficiency and suitability; and whether he will take steps to see that the nominations submitted by the staff in accordance with the terms of the promotion Report are given full consideration and not rejected merely on account of the age of the officers nominated?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONI am aware of the circumstances, and am satisfied that full consideration was given to the representations made by the staff.