§ 13. Dr. Strossasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the new rates of salary which are being paid, or proposed to be paid, to the Senior Chief Inspector of Education, the Chief Inspector of Mines, the Chief Inspector of Taxes and the Chief Factory Inspector.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe new rates are:
£ Senior Chief Inspector of Education 3,750 Chief Inspector of Mines 3,750 Chief Inspector of Taxes 4,000 Chief Factory Inspector 3,000
§ Dr. StrossHow does the Financial Secretary, and his Department, justify the 1912 difference between £3,000 and £4,000, or £3,000 and £3,750? Is he not aware that before the war these salaries were all exactly the same, at a figure of £1,650? Does not this degradation of the factory department at a time when its responsibilities become ever greater, mean that we shall have not only disappointment amongst the workers in the factory department itself, but that the service will suffer?
§ Mr. BrookeI am afraid that I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. These four excellent civil servants really have nothing in common, as to their jobs, except for the words "Chief Inspector" in their title. I have made a comparison with the salaries fixed for them at the time of the Chorley review and, in fact, the Chief Factory Inspector has now had a larger percentage rise since then than any of the others.