Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Government Departments. – in the House of Commons at on 30 January 1940.
Sir Ronald Cross
, Rossendale
I have already made it clear that these temporary officers are not over the heads of the permanent officers. They are not even in the same section. They were brought in early in the war at salaries which were extremely low, compared with what they could normally earn in peace-time, and as they gained experience it became possible for them to be graded by virtue of the work they are able to perform.