HC Deb 23 February 1948 vol 447 c1607
Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will publish the names of those he has now appointed to serve on county agricultural executive committees; and if he will state the allowances to be paid to them for subsistence and travelling in the course of their duties.

Mr. T. Williams

Lists of members of the new committees have been circulated to the Press and are being published in the national farming and local papers. Members of committees are eligible for travelling and subsistence expenses at the normal rates applicable to unpaid members of Royal Commissions and Government committees.

Mr. Hurd

Will an up-to-date list of the members of the committees be available in the Library, because changes happen in these appointments?

Mr. Williams

I should not have thought it was necessary to place a list in the Library, since they have nearly all been published in one or other of a large number of papers throughout the country.

Mr. Hurd

Not a complete list.

Mr. Williams

There are one or two members here and there not finally chosen perhaps because county council meetings are held only periodically, and in many cases it is the county council members for whom we are waiting.