§ 25. Mr. Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the present duties of the Welsh Church Commissioners; and what is the amount paid in salaries and expenses at present to each commissioner.
§ Mr. EdeThe duties of the Welsh Church Commissioners are those laid down in the Welsh Church Acts, 1914 to 1945. At the present time the Commissioners are mainly engaged in transferring to the beneficiaries under the Acts the properties which they are entitled to receive. Two of the Commissioners receive salaries of £1,000 and £500 respectively, and travelling and subsistence allowances at Civil Service rates. The third Commissioner—the hon. Lady the Member for Anglesey (Lady Megan Lloyd-George) —is unpaid.