§ 81. Mr. Woodnuttasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider increasing the maxima amounts permitted by the Witnesses' Allowances Regulations, 1955, as amended by the Witnesses' Allowances Regulations, 1958, to more realistic figures, in view of current wage rates.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe Witnesses' Allowances Regulations, 1958, provide that payments of up to £2 a day may be made to witnesses who lose remuneration or incur expense as a result of attending to give evidence. In addition. they may be paid subsistence allowances at rates which were increased as recently as 1st March, 1960, and travelling allowances. No further increases are proposed at present.