HC Deb 10 August 1905 vol 151 cc952-3
MR. COGHILL (Stoke-upon-Trent)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether it is proposed to increase the salary of the Reading Clerk in the House of Lords; and if he can state the grounds on which such an increase of salary is to be made.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (Mr. VICTOR CAVENDISH,) Derbyshire, W.

I am informed that the Select Committee on the House of Lords Offices have recommended an increase in the salary of the Reading Clerk in the House of Lords in view of the substantial share taken by that officer in the Judicial Sittings of the House of Lords, both during the session and in the autumn, in addition to the discharge of the duties properly belonging to his office.

MR. SLOAN

What is the amount of the increase?

MR. VICTOR CAVENDISH

From £1,000 to £1,200.

MR. COGHILL

Does not the third clerk in the House of Lords hold the same position as the third clerk in this House?

MR. VICTOR CAVENDISH

I must ask for notice of that Question.