§ Mr. SHEPHERDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the importance of the September bonus to the Civil Service, the Treasury proposes to await the report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service on this particular point before fixing what such bonus shall be?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEUnder existing agreements the Civil Service cost-of-living bonus, payable for the six months from 1st September, 1931, depends upon the average of the index figure as calculated by the Ministry of Labour for the preceding six months. This average cannot be determined for certain until the August figure is known about the middle of that month, and I understand that the report of the Royal Commission will be presented in July.