§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the principle is accepted of paying acting pay during the prolonged sick leave of higher officers in the Civil Service; and, if not, what are the objections to this course?
Mr. SAMUELThe general Civil Service rule is that officers are expected to undertake without extra remuneration the additional work or responsibility resulting from the absence of their colleagues on sick or ordinary leave as a normal incident of a Service in which generous provision for leave is made. But this rule does not preclude the special consideration of exceptional cases.