§ 29. Lieut.-Commander BURNEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amounts paid in each year since 1920 to the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General, respectively, in the form of fees for contentious business?
Mr. MeNEILLWith my hon. and gallant Friend's permission, I will circulate the figures is the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The figures are as follow:
| Year ending. | Attorney-General. | Solicitor-General. | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| 31st | March | 1920 | 19,512 | 13 | 10 | 9,749 | 6 | 6 |
| 31st | March | 1921 | 27,990 | 9 | 7 | 12,928 | 15 | 6 |
| 31st | March | 1922 | 24,170 | 13 | 2 | 9,723 | 17 | 0 |
| 31st | March | 1923 | 17,278 | 19 | 11 | 6,565 | 2 | 0 |
| 31st | March | 1924 | 12,995 | 4 | 6 | 6,000 | 3 | 2 |
| 31st | March | 1925 | 23,846 | 1 | 1 | 7,656 | 10 | 0 |
| Particulars of the fees paid during the year ending 31st March, 1926, are not yet available. |