HC Deb 03 May 1841 vol 57 c1445

House in Committee on the Administration of Justice, (No. 1) Bill,

Mr. Hayter moved the following proviso to the clause awarding compensation:— Provided always, and be it hereby further enacted, that every annual or other sum of money awarded by way of compensation or otherwise, under this bill, to the Honourable Robert Campbell Scarlett, now one of the Masters of the Court of Exchequer, shall cease to be payable, when and so soon as he shall succeed to the dignity of a Peer of the United Kingdom.

Agreed to.

Bill went through Committee. House resumed.