§ 61. Sir RICHARD COOPERasked the Prime Minister what is the salary of the Deputy Minister of Munitions and when does he propose to appoint a new Minister?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer to the first part of the question is £1,600, and to the second, that the post is not vacant.
§ Sir R. COOPERIf the office is not vacant, on what ground is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry made Deputy-Minister, and why in that Department only?
§ Brigadier-General CROFTIs it not in the present as well as in the permanent interests of the country that the Ministry of Munitions should be abolished and the work put under the Board of Trade or some other Department, and thus get rid of a growing scandal?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member should give notice of that question.