asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a temporary typist was discharged from the Royal Army Medical Corps Record and Pay Office, Woking, last October, on the grounds of alleged inefficiency; that, following on representations by the Civil Service Clerical Association, the regimental paymaster at that office was removed from his post and that the girl in question was reinstated; and whether, in the circumstances, he will exercise the discretion allowed to him to make payment to the girl for the period during which she was out of employment?

There was no connection between the discharge of the typist and the transfer of the regimental paymaster. The typist was discharged for inefficiency after appropriate notice. The case was referred to the War Office and, in view of an element of doubt as to her inefficiency, the local establishment was informed that she could again be offered employment. No grounds are seen for making any payment during the period she was not employed.