HC Deb 11 July 1938 vol 338 cc895-6
21. Mr. Kelly

asked the Minister of Pensions the total paid in fees and/or expenses to members of the Special Grants Committee during the past year and the separate amounts paid to each member?

The Minister of Pensions (Mr. Ramsbotham)

No fees are paid to members of the Special Grants Committee, who are kind enough to give their services gratuitously. They are entitled to repayment, in accordance with a regulated scale, of expenses incurred in attendance at meetings, and payments have been made on this account to members who reside at a distance. With the hon. Member's permission I propose to circulate the detailed figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information desired:

Name Address Amount paid
£ s. d.
Miss M. Cozens-Hardy, M.B.E., J.P. Norwich 55 16 9
R. F. Gquld, Esq. Bath 24 6 0
Stamford Hutton, Esq., O.B.E., J.P. Gloucester 19 6 3
Sir Allan Hume Nicholl, C.B.E. Upper Norwood. 16 8
Mrs. B. Ross-Smyth, O.B.E., J.P. Perth 185 16 6
Miss Eleanor Wilson Crediton 6 1 6
Total 292 3 8

22. Mr. Kelly

asked the Minister of Pensions whether the new chairman of the Special Grants Committee will receive any payments for his services in that position?

Mr. Ramsbotham

No, Sir. I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing the gratitude which is due to the new chairman of the Special Grants Committee, as to his predecessors, for giving his services without payment.