HC Deb 04 March 1919 vol 113 c217
49. Sir C. HENRY

asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the salaries of the Ministers of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Ways and Communications are to be fixed at £5,000 per annum, and considering that the duties of the President of the Board of Agriculture, the President of the Board of Education, the Postmaster-General, the Secretary for Scotland, and the Minister of Pensions are as responsible and onerous as those of the new Ministers are likely to be, he will arrange that their salaries be increased to £5,000 per annum?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Scottish Universities on Thursday last.

Sir C. HENRY

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that as Minister's salaries are no longer pooled, this is a matter which should be dealt with?

Mr. BONAR LAW

Yes.

Mr. STEWART

Will the right hon. Gentleman remember that the Minister of Labour is a very hard-worked Minister?

Mr. BONAR LAW

The answer to which I referred said that we were going to deal with the whole question of Ministerial salaries.