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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1939, for the expenses of the maintenance of criminal lunatics in the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.
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§ Mr. Rhys DaviesI should like to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department just one question. He knows that Broadmoor Criminal Asylum is to be transferred in due course to the Board of Control. We on this side of the Committee always welcome improvements in wages and conditions of the prison staff, but we would like to know whether, when the arrangement was made with regard to the wages and conditions of these employés at Broadmoor, the Home Office bore in mind the transfer of Broadmoor to the Board of Control in due course.
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§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir Samuel Hoare)Yes, Sir, we certainly did. The changes in the wages are due to an arbitration which took place a short time age. I understand that there are certain other questions beside salary questions which are at present being discussed with the representative organisation, and the transfer to the Board of Control will make no difference to these discussions.