§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Lord President of the Council if he is aware that the average salary earned by qualified chemists in industry is usually hundreds of pounds higher than the average salary earned by qualified chemists in the same group in Government Departments; and that as these circumstances tend to deprive Government Departments of the highest talent in that special branch of science, he will review the position.
§ Sir S. CrippsI have been asked to reply. I cannot agree that qualified chemists in Government Departments are underpaid. I am aware that there is a national shortage of chemists. The salaries of the various classes of the Civil Service in which chemists are employed have been revised since the end of the war and I see no need or scope for a further general review.