HC Deb 20 May 1914 vol 62 c1943
67. Mr. MOUNT

asked the Home Secretary which of the Welsh Church Commissioners will be the paid Commissioners, and the amounts of salary to be paid to them, respectively?

Mr. McKENNA

Sir Henry Primrose will be paid a salary not exceeding £1,500 a year. Sir William Plender, to whom the second paid post of Commissioner was offered, has expressed his desire to act without remuneration. My hon. Friend the Member for West Denbighshire will also be an unpaid Commissioner.

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

From what date will the salaries be payable?

Mr. McKENNA

The Commissioners will not be appointed until the Act has passed.

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

But from what date will the salaries be payable?

Mr. McKENNA

The salaries cannot begin until the Commissioners are appointed.

Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWEN

Did Sir William Plender refuse the salary on the ground that he did not wish his hands to be dripping with the fat of sacrilege?

Mr. McKENNA

No, Sir.

Mr. MOUNT

And is there no necessity for the hon. Baronet the Member for West Denbigshire (Sir J. H. Roberts) to seek reelection as a result of his appointment?

Mr. McKENNA

There will be no necessity.