§ 40. Captain Pluggeasked the Minister of Health whether he will publish a list 942 in detail of those classes of emergency or National Service workers who are paid, with the rates of pay, and those National Service workers who are not so paid?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health (Miss Horsbrugh)As the statement includes a number of figures, I will, with my hon. and gallant Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement: —
| Medical officers employed on a salaried basis in the emergency medical service for the treatment of casualties in hospital are paid at the following rates: | ||
| Salary. | ||
| £ | ||
| (a) | Consultant Adviser | 1,400 |
| (b) | Group Officer | 1,300 |
| (c) | Medical Superintendent. | |
| Hospital of 1,000 beds and over | 1,200 | |
| Hospital of 750 beds and over | 1,000 | |
| Hospital of 300 beds and over | 900 | |
| (d) | Officer in charge of | |
| Surgical or Medical Division (hospitals of 500 beds and over) | 950 | |
| (e) | Surgeon or Physician Specialists | 800 |
| Other Specialists in charge of Departments | 800 | |
| (f) | Medical Officers | 550 |
| (g) | House Officers | 350 |
| Note.— The salaries stated are on a resident basis. If board and lodging are not supplied, an allowance of £ 100 a year will be paid in lieu thereof. |
§ Medical officers employed in the same service on a sessional basis for work done in hospital are paid as follows:
§ For consultant and specialist work. — £ 2 12s. 6d. per session of two hours' duration up to five sessions in any one week with £ 1 2s for other sessions, subject to a maximum payment of 120 guineas a quarter.
§ For general practitioner work.—£1 us. 6d. per session of two hours' duration up to five sessions in any one week, with £1 5s. for other sessions, subject to a maximum payment of 75 guineas a quarter.
§ Medical officers at aid posts are paid for necessary attendances at a sessional rate of £ 1 us. 6d. for a session not exceeding two hours and £ 3 3s. for a longer session with a limit of three guineas per day.
§ The rates applicable to members of the Civil Nursing Reserve are as set out in the reply to a question by the hon. and gallant Member for Blackburn (Captain Elliston) on 28th July.
§ With regard to the latter part of the question, the general principle applicable 943 to Air-Raid Precautions and Civil Defence Service is, that part-time volunteer service is not paid for, and that whole-time service is paid for at £3 a week for men and £2 a week for women.
§ 49. Commander Locker - Lampsonasked the Prime Minister whether he will relax his refusal to employ Members of Parliament in a Government Department, with or without pay; and allow no bar to the prosecution of the war?
§ The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain)Apart from the general constitutional difficulty to which I drew attention in my reply on Wednesday last to the hon. Member for the Clayton Division of Manchester (Mr. Jagger), there are statutory prohibitions against the acceptance by Members of this House of offices under the Crown. Under the law, however, certain exceptions are allowed, and, in addition, some Members are already giving help to Departments. I am aware that other Members are anxious to give their services, and I do not wish to take up a more restrictive attitude than is required by the limits of what is permissible. The broad consideration which I mentioned previously cannot, however, be overlooked, namely, that a conflict of responsibility must be avoided. The legal and technical position is, moreover, very complicated, and individual cases must be considered as they arise in consultation with the Treasury. Subject to these considerations, I am quite willing to arrange for individual cases to be examined.