§ Mr. DUCKWORTHasked the Prime Minister whether the proceedings at the National Whitley Council for the Civil Service of the 12th May, 1920, were reported to the Cabinet in accordance with the constitution of the Whitley Council: whether the agreements then made are operative; and, if not, when they were revised?
§ Mr. RONALD McNEILLI assume that the hon. Member refers to the Report of the Cost of Living Committee which was adopted at the Sixth Meeting of the National Whitley Council for the1878W Administrative and Legal Departments of the Civil Service on the 12th May, 1920. The agreement made between official and staff sides as to cost-of-living bonus related to officers with salaries not exceeding £500 per annum. This agreement was arrived at with the sanction of His Majesty's Government and is still operative, except as regards the method of including bonus in the calculation of the retiring allowances and gratuities granted to established civil servants and their representatives, which was revised as from 21st February, 1922.