HC Deb 28 November 1955 vol 546 cc174-5W
Sir N. Hulbert

asked the Secretary to the Treasury why, in Form 7854/1,500/ EP/c/95/55, issued by the Civil Service Commission, hon. Members are specifically referred to on page 3 thereof.

Mr. H. Brooke

It is common for the Civil Service Commissioners to include in the Regulations for their competitions a warning to candidates that any evidence of solicitation of recommendations from Members of Parliament or other persons of influence will disqualify the candidate. This practice was adopted following the Report in 1918 of a Committee (under Viscount Gladstone) appointed by the Government to consider certain aspects of Civil Service recruitment.

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