HC Deb 17 February 1938 vol 331 cc2084-5W
Mr. Viant

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of appeals that have been submitted to the central awards committee set up under the Patents Report of the Civil Service National Whitley Council in December, 1930; and have the decisions of the committee been circulated throughout the service?

Lieut.-Colonel Colville

Thirteen cases have been submitted to the Central Committee on Awards, of which four are still pending. The committee's findings are conveyed to the parties to the reference. The Committee of the National Whitley Council which recommended the institution of the Central Committee, also suggested that from time to time the latter body should issue a report indicating the principles on which the committee acted in arriving at its decisions. I understand that the Central Committee have in contemplation the issue of such a report in the course of the next few months.