§ Mr. Houghtonasked the Secretary to the Treasury the maximum salaries and lump sum retiring gratuities today for the following classes of civil servants: permanent secretary, assistant secretary, principal and clerical officer, on the assumption of forty years of service, married without dependent children; and what they would need to be today to compensate for increases in the cost of living and higher taxation since 1939.
§ Mr. PowellThe required information is given in the following table:
§ Mr. PowellThere are no United Kingdom imports licensing restrictions on onions from Egypt. I understand however that the Egyptian Government has placed a ban on trade between Egypt and the United Kingdom.