LORD MONKS WELL, in moving for a Return showing the names of all present Lords who are in receipt of public money from the National Exchequer, whether in the form of salary, pay, pension, or allowance of any kind, or who have received commutation in respect thereof under the Commutation Acts, said, he would remind the House that on the 9th of July a similar Return in relation to the House of Commons was moved for and granted. It had been suggested in their Lordships' House that The Financial Almanack was somewhat inaccurate with regard to the pensions and emoluments of Members, and if that were so it was a reason why the Return should be granted.
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Moved, That there be laid before the House,
Return showing the names of all present Lords of Parliament who are in receipt of public money from the National Exchequer, whether in the form of salary, pay, pension, or allowance of any kind, or who have received commutation in respect thereof under the Commutation Acts, with separate columns showing the amounts they receive or have commuted, with the amount of the commutation money, and the name of the office or nature of the service for which the money is or has been paid."—(The Lord Monkswell.)
§ THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Viscount CRANBROOK)said, the Motion seemed rather invidious; but as he understood that the House of Commons had passed a similar Resolution with regard to its Members, there was no intention to oppose the Return.
§ Motion agreed to.