§ SIR HOWARD VINCENTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the salary of His Majesty's newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States of America, and on what date it commenced to run; and if any installation allowance has been paid to him.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe salary of His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington will in future be fixed at £10,000 a year, and the new Ambassador's salary commenced to run, in accordance with the usual rule, ten days before his departure for his post; i.e., on February 3rd. The usual outfit allowance of £2,000 has been issued.
§ SIR HOWARD VINCENTMay I ask if this increase of £2,200 a year is one of the measures of economy of the present Government?
§ [No Answer was returned.]