§ MR. WHITLEYTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can specify the services for which the sums of £5,993 14s. 4d. and £3,748 17s. 3d. were paid to Mr. Attorney-General and Mr. Solicitor-General respectively where the individual payments amounted to more than £100.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The scale of the fees referred to is settled pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 8 of Treasury Minute of July 5th, 1895 (Parliamentary Paper, 429, of 1895, Law Officers' Salaries, etc.), which lays down that for contentious business the Law Officers shall receive fees according to the ordinary professional scales, but that in cases of exceptional importance or difficulty an increased fee on the brief
| 1. | |||
| Salary | Fees | Total. | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| 1895–1896 | 7,000 | 3,916 | 10,916 |
| 1896–1897 | 7,000 | 6,039 | 13,039 |
| 1897–1898 | 7,000 | 7,563* | 14,563 |
| 1898–1899 | 7,000 | 10,264* | 17,264 |
| 1899–1900 | 7,000 | 11,804* | 18,804 |
| 1900–1901 | 7,000 | 1,416† | 12,918 |
| 4,502‡ | |||
| 1901–1902 | 7,000 | 5,477 | 12,477 |
| 1902–1903 | 7,000 | 4,816 | 11,816 |
| 1903–1904 | 7,000 | 12,921§ | 19,921 |
| 1904–1905 | 7,000 | 5,994║ | 12,994 |
| *Including fees in the Venezuela Boundary Arbitration. | |||
| †Sir R. E. Webster (now Lord Alverstone). | |||
| ‡Sir R. B. Finlay. | |||
| §Including fees in the Alaska Boundary Arbitration of £4,900 10s. and British Guiana. Boundary Arbitration of £2,124. | |||
| ║ Including fees in the Venezuela Boundary Arbitration of £1,736 4s. 6d. and Brazil and British Guiana Boundary Arbitration of £714 12s. |
§ may be allowed as the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall approve. During the year 1904–5 special sanction was obtained on four occasions for payments to a Law Officer, two of which were Foreign Office business.