§ 52. Mr. JAMES HOGGEasked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the fact that the salary attached to the Secretaryship for Scotland is only £2,000; that the Minister concerned is responsible for local government, education, fisheries, the Boards of Agriculture, Lunacy and Prisons, the national galleries and museums, the Register House, the internal administration of specific branches of the Home Office, the Board of Trade, etc., for all of which there are separate Ministers for England; whether the Master of the Horse has £2,500; and whether he is prepared to increase the salary of the Secretary for Scotland?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe salary of the Secretary for Scotland was fixed at £2[...]000 by the Secretary for Scotland Act, 1885, and I am not prepared to introduce legislation to alter it. The salary of the Master of the Horse is £2,000—not £2,500.
MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEIs the hon. Member for East Edinburgh (Mr. Hogge) also the hon. Member who brought forward a Motion not long ago for the reduction of the salary of the Secretary for Scotland?
§ Mr. HOGGEAre we to take it that it costs as much to look after the King's Horse as it costs to look after the business of Scotland?
§ The PRIME MINISTERApparently, at the present moment, it does.