Miss Rathbone:

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the hardship inflicted on those candidates for certain grades of the Civil Service who, having already successfully completed the written part of their examination in the summer, had been led to expect their viv â voce examination in the autumn, and have since heard that this has been cancelled; and whether, in view of the long and expensive preparation for examinations which some of these candidates have undergone, he will allow them to complete their examination with a view to their employment whether before or after the end of the war?