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prejudiced by official views. As in the United Kingdom where there is a similar
Committee under Lord Boyle we consider that senior civil servants should have
no part in adjudicating on their own remuneration
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not only would this be
improper but it would be most embarrassing for the officers concerned if
this obligation were laid upon them,
"Finally, because of the dating of this Fourth Report of the Committee
it might be represented that this is the first in another round of civil service
pay awards. Far from this being the case it is in fact the last of the awards
made as a result of the 1971 Salaries Commission, and dates back not to April
1971 but only to April of this year although certain minor adjustments to
superscale salaries were made in January this year which principally related
to the new method of calculating rent payments introduced in April 1971.
"The Standing Committee was set up in 1963, and the first and second
reviews were made in 1964 and 1969. As the revision now accepted by the Finance
Committee of this Council was based on a review of the position in the private
sector as of April 1 this year, it was agreed that only this degree of
retrospectivity was equible in the circumstances.
"In conclusion I should like to express my gratitude to Mr. G.R. Ross
as Chairman of the Committee and the Members for the thorough review which they
have carried out and for their conclusions which Government accepts as being
both fair to the officers concerned and to the public whom they serve."
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