HC Deb 03 February 1944 vol 396 c1516

Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.

Resolved: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for the reinstatement in civil employment of certain persons who are, or have been, in the service of the Crown or in a civil defence force, and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of monies provided by Parliament:

  1. (a) to members of Reinstatement Committees appointed under the said Act, to the umpire and any deputy umpires appointed under that Act, to persons appointed to sit as assessors and to any officers and servants of the Minister of Labour and National Service employed for the purposes of the said Act, such remuneration and allowances as the said Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine;
  2. (b) to persons attending as parties or witnesses before such Committees, the said umpire or any such deputy umpire, allowances in accordance with such scales as the said Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine;
  3. (c) any expenses incurred by or on behalf of the said Minister in the taking by him, or on his behalf, of any civil or criminal proceedings under the said Act."—(King's recommendation signified.)—[Mr. Bevin.]

Resolution to be reported upon the next Sitting Day.

The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.