Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service 1955, Command Paper No. 9613, and the observations of the Commission in Chapter XV, paragraph 743, on the subject of the reckoning of unestablished service for superannuation purposes in the Civil Service, if he will now authorise discussions to take place with a view to arriving at a reasonable settlement of this problem.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe staff side of the National Whitley Council has recently proposed to my right hon. Friend that there should be discussions on this question. My right hon. Friend is considering this request.