§ 49. Mr. MILLSasked the Minister of Labour what economies are proposed in the fees and first-class allowances paid to chairmen of committees, inspectors, and others connected with the administration of unemployment benefit?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Milner Gray)The fees payable to chairmen of Courts of Referees are being reduced by 10 per cent. as from 1st Ocober, 1931. The other members of Courts of Referees and the chairmen and members of local employment committees are unpaid. In all these cases third-class fares only are paid. No change has up to the present been decided upon as regards the allowances for subsistence and loss of wages which may in certain circumstances be claimed. The remuneration of the umpire and deputy-umpires and of the staff of the Department is governed by the general decisions applying to the Civil Service. The only other persons in connection with the administration are the staffs of trade unions and other associations administering arrangements under Section 17 of the Act of 1920.