§ 47. Sir C. YATEasked the Prime Minister whether, considering the heavy responsibility imposed on Ministers and the inadequacy of their salaries, he will consider the question of appointing a committee to review the whole question of Ministerial salaries with a view of increasing the amount to a sum more in accordance with present circumstances as soon as the financial conditions of the country permit of it; and further, considering that the Lord Chancellor has double the salary of the Prime Minister, so to arrange that the Prime Minister is given the higher salary of the two?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI can add nothing to my reply of 12th instant to a supplementary question on this subject by the hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Mr. Hogge).
§ Sir C. YATEMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman if it is not a fact that he gave me no reply on that occasion? Does he not remember that Mr. Speaker stopped the question?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI refer my hon. and gallant Friend, not to the. reply I gave to his question, but to my reply to the question of the hon. Member for Edinburgh East.
§ Sir C. YATEBut may I now ask for a reply to my question?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMay I refer the hon. and gallant Member to the OFFICIAL REPORT of 12th February?