HC Deb 06 November 1930 vol 244 cc1057-9W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when it is expected that the investiga-

porary clerks were either on the maximum or well up the scale, there are to-day many only drawing the minimum of the scale which, in many cases, is under 47s. for the man and under 35s. for the woman; and whether, in view of these facts, he will consider the desirability of increasing the rates of pay?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

The hon. Member appears to have been misinformed. Neither in London nor elsewhere is the minimum rate for the normal week worked by adult temporary clerks in the Ministry of Labour below 47s. for men and 35s. for women. The rates for Grade III male temporary clerks employed by the Ministry, which are governed by agreement and award of the Industrial Court, and those for Grade III women temporary clerks, governed by award of the court, are as shown in. the following table:

tions now being made by a Royal Commission into the conditions of service in the Civil Service will be completed and their report published?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

I understand that the Royal Commission are making satisfactory progress with the hearing of evidence, but it is too early yet to ask them to forecast the date of the completion of their labours.