§ SIR EDWARD SASSOON (Hythe)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he will state the duties performed by the advising counsel to the Board, the salary attached to the post, by whom it is now held, how long it has been held by the present occupant, and who his predecessor was.
§ MR. McKENNAThe post of advising counsel to the Board is now merged in that of the Principal Assistant Secretary in charge of the Legal Branch, Mr. H. M. Lindsell, C.B., whose salary is £1,500 per annum. The duties are to advise the Board on legal questions arising in the course of their administration. Mr. Lindsell was appointed advising counsel on 29th September, 1884. Mr. Lindsell's predecessor was Mr. Hodgson.
§ SIR EDWARD SASSOONI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he will state the duties performed by the temporary barristers at the Board of Education, the salaries attached to such posts, the numbers so employed, and the number of appointments made since January, 1906.
§ MR. McKENNAThe duties performed by temporary barristers are such duties as may be allotted to them by the principal assistant secretary in charge of the legal branch. The salary payable to a temporary barrister is one guinea per working day. The number employed at present is six. The number appointed since January, 1906, is seventeen.