§ Mr. Awberyasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware of the resentment among the services clerks of Malta at the refusal of the Government to concede their request for increases of salary similar to the higher grades and if he will take steps to allay this feeling by agreeing for the case to go to arbitration, as requested at a mass meeting of the men concerned.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-EwingThe claim concerns clerks employed by the Service Departments in Malta.
The Civil Service Clerical Association formally requested arbitration on 15th February and the Admiralty agreed the following day, on behalf of the Service employers, to go to arbitration.