§ 60. Mr. R. MORRISONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount paid in salaries to members of His Majesty's Government in 1924, and the amount to be paid in the present year?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Ronald McNeill)The amount paid in salaries to members of His Majesty's Government in the financial year 1924 was £137,560, and the amount estimated to be paid in 1926 is £144,400.
§ Mr. MORRISONCan the Financial Secretary give me any explanation of this increase?
§ Mr. McNEILLIt is partly because the late Prime Minister, following the example of Lord Salisbury, occupied two offices and accepted only one salary, and also because there have been two Under-Secretaries appointed since then, one of which is occasioned by the reorganisation of the Colonial Office.
§ Mr. HARRISIs this an example of the new economy?