§ Mr. CADOGANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the downgrading of ex-service men about to take place in the Enemy Debts Clearing Office, which will result in reductions of pay varying from 16s. 8d. to 9s. 6d., he will consider the possibility of setting up a departmental class, as was recently set up in the Ministry of Pensions, to deal with this problem?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe staff changes now taking place in the Clearing Office (Enemy Debts) are not downgradings within the office, but actual reductions of staff who have become redundant. Every effort is being made to provide suitable work in other Departments for the men whose services in the Clearing Office are no longer necessary. The cases now under consideration, in which the alternative employment may be in a grade lower than that at present occupied, are very few in number, and, as at present advised, I do not consider that any special measures are necessary.
— Unit of Quantity. United Kingdom, 1913(a). Great Britain and N. Ireland, 1930. Wine. Home-made … … … Gallon Not available 2,836,871 Imported— Empire … … … Gallon 1,048,224 2,720,423 Foreign … … … Gallon 10,319,325 11,000,644 Beer. Home-made … … … Std. Brl. 35,250,737 18,433,032 Imported* … … … Std. Brl 72,893 1,534,570 *No information is available as to the country of consignment. (a) It is not possible to state what allowance should be made for the quantity consumed in the year 1913 in that portion of Ireland which is now the Irish Free State.