HC Deb 12 October 1939 vol 352 c557W
Mr. Pethick-Lawrence

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give an assurance that both men and women temporarily employed in the Civil Service in default of examination will have an opportunity after the war is over of sitting for an examination and, if successful, obtaining permanent status?

Captain Crookshank

I am afraid that it is impossible at this juncture to give any assurance with regard to any postwar arrangements which it might be found desirable to make in the matter of permanent recruitment to the Civil Service.