§ Mr. TOBINasked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to take effective measures before the Spring Recess to make the salary of the President of the Local Government Board equal to that of the President of the Board of Trade?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid it will be impossible to take any effective steps until the Speaker has been got out of the Chair on the Civil Service Estimates.
§ Mr. T. LOUGHHas any change taken place in the salary of the President of the Board of Trade? If so, is it under the Act that was passed last year, the terms of which state that the salary shall be fixed at the sum which Parliament may determine; and has Parliament yet determined what the change will be, and if not, when will it have an opportunity of doing so?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt will appear in the Estimates.
§ Mr. LOUGHDoes my right hon. Friend think that that is the way for Parliament to determine the salary? If it appears on the Estimates, it will be the Government that will determine, and Parliament will have to approve.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Government will make their proposal, and Parliament will cither approve or disapprove.
§ Mr. A. C. MORTONWill the right hon. Gentleman undertake that he will not guillotine that Vote?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot at present give any undertaking.