§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked whether Sir George Gibb and Sir Francis Hop-wood have been appointed heads respectively of the Road Board and the Development Board, with salaries of £3,000 a year each; whether there are any other posts in the Civil Service the occupants of which are paid at such high rates; and whether, in view of the demands on the national purse for social reform and Imperial defence, he will take steps to ensure that the successors of these gentlemen shall receive smaller salaries?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGESir George Gibb and Sir Francis Hopwood have been appointed Chairman of the Road Board and Vice-Chairman of the Development Commission, respectively, at salaries of £3,000 per annum each. These posts are paid at a higher rate than corresponding posts in other Government Offices because in each case the appointment is temporary, and not permanent, as in the Civil Service generally.