§ 87. Mr. SITCHasked the Minister of Health whether registrars of births, marriages, and deaths are excluded by statute from participation in any awards conferring benefits in the form of increased 889 salaries or emoluments upon Poor Law officers; whether he is aware that, almost alone among public servants, registrars of these vital occurrences have secured no enhancement of their financial position in connection with their appointments; whether he is aware that the fees they are authorised to charge are to-day the same as before the War; and can he see his way to an early revision of these fees and the consideration of any other means whereby these necessary public servants may be able to meet the heavy increase in their cost of living?
§ Dr. ADDISONI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on the 3rd instant to the hon. and gallant Member for Edmonton (Lieut. Colonel Sir A. Warren), a copy of which I am sending to the hon. Member.