asked the Minister of Supply the grading of the post in the Wool Control to which Mr. A. Ewart Brooke has been appointed, and the duties attaching to that post; whether, before he was appointed, the existing staff of the Ministry of Supply were considered for transfer or promotion to the post; whether recourse was had to the Treasury pool; and whether the machinery of the Ministry of Labour and National Service was used in filling it?

Mr. Brooke is in general charge of the office arrangements in a branch of the Wool Control and is paid £400 a year. The qualifications of existing staff in the Control were considered and recourse was had to the machinery of the Ministry of Labour and National Service.