§ Captain A. HUDSONasked the Minister of Pensions if he will give an undertaking that, until the Royal Commission on the Civil Service present their report on their case, no ex-service P-class or temporary salaried officer of the Ministry of Pensions shall be brought below the salary grouping in operation in respect of each member of this class at the date of the presentation of their case to the Royal Commission?
§ Mr. F. O. ROBERTSI have informed representatives of the permanent unestablished and temporary salaried officers that the recurring redundancy in the staff of the Ministry as a whole renders some reductions in the grading of these officers inevitable. While downgrading will be reduced to the minimum possible, I regret that I cannot undertake to maintain officers in grades which are no longer justified by the responsibilities of the duties to be performed.