§ VISCOUNT HELMSLEY (Yorkshire, N.R., Thirsk)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury why it is that the salaries paid to the staff of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries are on a lower scale than those paid in other departments of the State similarly constituted e.g., the Local Government Board and the Board of Trade, and whether his attention has been called to the fact that since the creation of the Department in 1889 many fresh duties have been imposed upon it.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The staff and salaries of different departments are settled on the basis of the requirements of each department. I do not consider it possible to compare the work of departments differing so widely in functions as those named. All departments are of course liable to have their duties added to by legislation.