HC Deb 05 December 1922 vol 159 c1507
64. Mr. A. W. ALEXANDER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any servants of the Crown, apart from naval and military officers, are paid their salaries through private banks; and, if so, whether such arrangements will now be revised, in view of the recent experience in the case of McGrigor's bank?

Mr. BALDWIN

I am not aware of any such arrangements outside the fighting services.

Mr. ALEXANDER

If ordinary servants of the Crown can be paid their salaries by the Paymaster-General, why cannot officers be paid in the same way?

Mr. BALDWIN

That would require a longer answer than I could give in reply to a supplementary question.

Captain BENN

In view of the McGrigor case, does the right hon. Gentleman not think some revision of the practical enforcement of payment through Army agents is desirable?

Mr. BALDWIN

That question should be addressed to the War Office.