Mr. W. Joseph Stewartasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider placing temporary civil servants of the lower grades on the wage scales applicable to corresponding permanent civil servants, recruiting temporaries at points in the wage scales appropriate to their qualifications and granting temporaries the appropriate annual increments of pay?
§ Captain CrookshankNo, Sir. The rates of pay of the permanent staff are designed for employés selected by competitive examination and entering the Civil Service as a career. Different considerations apply to the pay of staff engaged for a short period. The rates of40W pay of temporary staff in the lower grades were, in the main, fixed in agreement with the staff associations concerned.