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Civil Service (Cost-of-Living Bonus)

Oral Answers to Questions — Colonial Empire – in the House of Commons at on 24 March 1943.

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Photo of Mr Charles Ammon Mr Charles Ammon , Camberwell North

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why a cost-of-living bonus has been granted to European and Asian civil servants in the Colonial Civil Service but not to Africans?

Photo of Hon. Oliver Stanley Hon. Oliver Stanley , Westmorland

I know of no Colony in which a cost-of-living bonus has been granted to European and Asian Civil Servants but not to Africans.

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