§ MR. CRAIG SELLAR (Lanarkshire, Partick)asked the Lord Advocate, If it is a fact that the principal chaplains at the three first-class prisons in Scotland—namely, Perth, Glasgow, and Barbirnie—are paid salaries at a lower rate than the assistant chaplains in England; 252 and, f so, whether he can give any explanation of this anomaly?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON) (Bute)(who replied) said, it was not the case that assistant chaplains in the ordinary prisons in England received more than the principal chaplains in the first-class prisons in Scotland; but the assistant chaplains in convict prisons in England started at a higher rate than chaplains of those prisons in Scotland which were referred to by the hon. Member, and rose to the same rate—namely, £300. As there were at present no purely convict prisons in Scotland, there was no such anomaly as was suggested in the latter part of the Question.
§ MR. CRAIG SELLARgave Notice that he would call attention to this matter on the Civil Service Estimates.
§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)asked, if it was not the case that the assistant chaplains in England began at £250, while the chaplains in Scotland began with £200?
§ MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSONsaid, he believed that was the case.