§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he proposes to abolish the assistant controller's post in the Northern Ireland capital taxes office; and if so, what considerations have caused him to rescind the commitment to ensure that there would be no deterioration in career prospects contained in Command Paper No. 5259, March 1973, the White Paper on "Future Government in Northern Ireland".
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12 February 1979; 642W Vol. 962, c. 421], gave the following information:
A recent staffing inspection report has recommended the abolition of one of the two Assistant Controller posts in the Capital Taxes Office in Belfast. The Board of Inland Revenue is at present considering the recommendations in the report.