§ Mr. BALDWINI want to take this opportunity to correct a statement which I made on Wednesday last concerning the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Clay Cross (Mr. A. Henderson), in which I fear that I unwittingly misled the House. I then stated, in reply to a question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, South (Captain Waterhouse) that, besides the allowances which the right hon. Gentleman draws in respect of his visits to Geneva as President of the Disarmament Conference, he also receives his salary as a Member of this House.
That, of course, would be a perfectly proper thing for him to do. I have, however, received a letter from the right hon. Gentleman in which he says that, in order to maintain the strict impartiality refrained from taking an active part in national affairs in the House of Commons and has not drawn any portion of the allowance payable to a Member of the House.
I should like the correct facts, as stated by the right hon. Gentleman, to be known, and I am sorry if he has been caused any inconvenience by this misstatement.