HC Deb 19 June 1947 vol 438 cc233-4W
57. Mr. Bowden

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will instruct all Departments when considering staff reductions to regard competence in the discharge of duties as of greater importance than a civil servant's temporary or permanent status; and if an employee's immediate superior may be consulted as to his or her ability and efficiency.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The suggestion in the first part of the Question would remove the distinction between the established and the temporary civil servant which must be preserved. The answer to the second part of the Question is that under existing arrangements, the views of superior officers on the ability and efficiency of their subordinate staff are taken into account