§ Sir E. GRAHAM-LITTLEasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the strong opinion in favour of equal pay for 2624W the common classes of the Civil Service, he will, to satisfy both critics and Members favourable to equal pay, introduce the principle as an experiment in one common class of the Civil Service, such as the clerical, with the object of ascertaining how such an innovation operates in practice?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI would refer the hon. Member to the discussion which took place in the House on this topic on the 6th instant. The Government do not see their way to adopt the hon. Member's suggestion.