HC Deb 01 October 1931 vol 257 c525
83. Mr. BATEY

asked the Secretary for Mines what will be the amount of the cut in the salary of the chairman of the Coal Reorganisation Commission?

The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Foot)

Immediately the economy proposals of the Government with regard to the salaries of public servants were announced, the chairman of the Coal Mines Reorganisation Commission asked that during the present emergency an abatement of 20 per cent. (i.e., £1,400 a year) might be made from the salary payable to him. His offer has been gratefully accepted, and the reduction takes effect from to-day.

Mr. HAYCOCK

Was that done in consultation with Mr. Montagu Norman, of the Bank of England?