FURTHER PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 June 1936, Page 6

FURTHER PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES.

| APPOINTMENT IN NEAR FUTURE *f ' . ' | (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ' ‘ WELLINGTON, Last Night. The probable appointment of additional Parliamentary Under-Secretaries to Ministers was indicated to-day by if. [the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. M. J. (Savage) in an interview. Parliamenty my Under-Secretaries, he said, would be given a definite status under new ‘ legislation to be brought down in the | second half of the session, and addib tional appointments were likely to be |!\ ma.de in order to relieve members of | Cabinet of the present heavy pressure ef work. & At the moment there is only one i ‘ Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Mr J. A. Lee, M.P., who acts in this capacity to the. Prime Minister. During - the past few months Mr Lee has been actively engaged on various special if;, duties and inquiries and has had much B* more work to do than the ordinary W; private member. The new procedure } . would place him on* a definite status l[^ r with regard to his duties. §1; , Mr Savage said it was obvious that b- some ilinisters were handling more work than was reasonable. If UnderBeeretaries with proper status were at-

tached to these Ministers, they would be able to carry out many of the official duties. In addition to lightening routine work, the scheme would provide valuable training for younger members of the' Government Party who in future might be candidates for full Cabinet rank. Appointments would bo made which would operate to the benefit of the Government and the country as a whole.