§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether steps will be taken to supplement the staff of this House to supply the place of the Committee Clerk now appointed to assist the Speaker's Secretary 1117 in carrying out the new Regulations for the admission of strangers?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. CHILDERS)In reply to the Question of the hon. Member for Portsmouth, I have to say that I am one of the Commissioners for the regulation of the salaries, emoluments, and retiring allowances of the officers of the House, and that if Mr. Speaker should bring before us any proposal as to the staff of the House it shall have my most careful attention. It is not for me to initiate proposals of this character.