§ 53. Mr. THURTLEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is customary to pay fees to members of Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry, appointed to inquire into specific questions; and what commissions now in existence are receiving such payment?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)In the case of members of Royal Commissions and similar Committees of Inquiry, whose expenses are borne on the Vote for Royal Commissions, &c. (Class I., Vote 20), fees in addition to expenses are not payable save in wholly exceptional circumstances. No payments of the kind are now being made from the Vote in question. If my hon. Friend has in mind the payment of commissions of inquiry not within the category to which I have referred, I would suggest that he should address his inquiry to the Minister concerned.