§ Mr. Blackburnasked the Minister of National Insurance whether he will instruct his regional officers to cease the practice of having telephone calls made to men who are on the staff of friendly societies, inviting them to apply for positions in his Department; to confine their recruiting programme to inviting applications from people who have been working 50 per cent. and over for the Approved State Section; and inviting applications in the public press from people who have knowledge of National Insurance work or anyone else interested.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsInvitations to approved society staffs who are wholly or mainly engaged on National Health Insurance work to apply for positions in my Department were addressed to them collectively through their societies and a general invitation to others with the appropriate insurance experience was made by Press advertisements. No approaches were made direct to particular individuals. I have no evidence of the practice referred to by my hon. Friend but if he will let me have details I will make further investigations.