§ 71. Lord John Hopeasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has now investigated the charges of dishonesty brought by the Civil Service Commissioners against certain persons disqualified in the open clerical class and limited clerical class competitions; and whether he will make a further statement.
§ Mr. JayI understand that the candidates concerned made a statement, at the time of the examination, to the Commissioners examination supervisor who is a partner in an old-established firm of Edinburgh solicitors and himself a writer to the Signet. These statements and the supervisor's report have been fully examined by the Civil Service Commissioners. I can see no reason for modifying the decision they have arrived at.