CO129-600-2 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 20-1-1948 - 1-3-1948 — Page 94

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should see no objection to the Commission

being used as an advisory tribunal in such

cases. Moreover, in the course of its

experience as the principal recruiting agency of

Government, the Commission will no doubt, in

course of time,acquire a knowledge e the

extent to which any existing conditions of

service may detract from the attractiveness

of Government service, and may be in a

position to make useful recommendations to

Government for the revision of such

conditions.

(B) Paragraph 172. I have two comments arising

from the use of the word "all" in this

paragraph.

Firstly, it will be the function of the

Commission to make recommendations only for

filling such vacancies as are remitted to it

by Government. For a considerable time to

come it will no doubt be necessary, by agreement

between the Governor and the Secretary of State,

for certain posts, or for a proportion of

posts in certain classes, to be reserved for

overseas candidates. The numbe And?

of ports

no doubt, progussively diminish. In the second place, it would I think be

a mistake for the Commission to be overloaded

so reserved

by requiring it to undertake recruitment for

an excessive number of minor grades, for

which the existing arrangements for departmental

recruitment are no doubt adequate.

(c) Paragraph 173(i). In general I regard the

measures to give effect to a policy of improving

opportunities for local candidates as being

within the province of the Government rather

than of the Public Service Commission, though

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