§ Sir F. Sandersonasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the suspense and anxiety felt by evacuated Government staffs at their apparently indefinite retention in the provinces and at the Government's failure to declare any clear policy on the decentralisation of the Civil Service; and whether the evacuated groups are to form the nucleus of a permanently decentralised staff.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI am well aware of, and have every sympathy with, the feelings of the staff on this question. I am afraid, however, that I am not in a position to add to earlier statements indicating that any large scale return of Government staffs to London is out of the question at present.