HC Deb 20 February 1924 vol 169 cc1741-2
47. Sir C. YATE

asked 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 MINISTER

I 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. YATE

May 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 MINISTER

I 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. YATE

But may I now ask for a reply to my question?

The PRIME MINISTER

May I refer the hon. and gallant Member to the OFFICIAL REPORT of 12th February?