§ Sir J. Lucasasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if it is permissible for a civil servant to hold office in a political party and take part in the public activities of a political party; and whether the regulations apply equally to the industrial and non-industrial sides;
(2) whether the rules regulating the political activities of civil servants are the 258W same for both established and non-established personnel.
§ Mr. DaltonThere has long been a well-recognised general rule that non-industrial civil servants, permanent or temporary, should not accept office in, or write or speak publicly in support of, a political party. Industrial staff are not subject to the same restrictions.