§ 38. Mr. Skeetasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what progress he has made in the selection of members to serve on the Staff Commission to be set up under the London Government Bill.
§ Sir K. JosephAppointment of the Commission must wait until the Bill has been passed. I have it in mind to appoint Sir Harold Emmerson, formerly Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, to be Chairman of the Commission; and Lord Geddes of Epsom, formerly General Secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers, and Lord Hemingford, Chairman of the Huntingdonshire County Council, to be members. I understand that these appointments will be generally welcomed by local authorities and staff organisations. These gentlemen have agreed to serve and I have asked them to start their consideration of the problems involved as soon as possible, without waiting until they have been formally appointed.