§ The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Captain Crookshank)It is a personal question for every Member 24 other than Ministers of the Crown who are Statute-barred to decide whether or not he will draw his salary, and in consequence I do not feel that the House would wish me to disclose information which can only reach me by courtesy of the Fees Office.
§ Sir W. DavisonIs the right hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that during the absence of the right hon. Member for Chelsea, who is engaged on a most important national mission, I have undertaken to render such services as I am capable of to his constituency in order that it shall not be in any way disfranchised?
§ Captain CrookshankI am very much obliged to the hon. Gentleman, for I am a constituent of his now.
Colonel Arthur EvansIs it not a fact that the right hon. Member for Chelsea is not drawing any salary in respect of his appointment as Ambassador in Spain?
§ Mr. WedgwoodIs he not drawing expenses?
§ Mr. StokesIs it not a fact that he is drawing expenses to the tune of £8,100, most of which is tax-free, and that he is in receipt of emoluments about 100 per cent. above those of his predecessor?
§ Mr. GranvilleAre not those expenses included in the running costs of the Embassy?
§ Sir W. DavisonIs it not true to say that the right hon. Gentleman has earned those expenses a thousand times over?