§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will take whatever action may be necessary now to collate and prepare a table of figures giving the total numbers of civil servants and other staffs employed in Government offices and Departments on 19th June 1970 and the amount of money paid in wages and salaries to these employees and arrange for an automatic quarterly review to be published in HANSARD showing the changes in these figures.
§ Mr. David HowellI will consider this proposal and write to the hon. Member.