§ Mr. Dunnasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that considerable dissatisfaction is prevailing amongst sanitary inspectors of the country; and why such inspectors, having salaries over £250 per year, have been refused war bonuses, whilst all other officials of local authorities are receiving war bonuses?
Mr. M. MacDonaldIn so far as the salaries of local authorities' officers require my approval—as they usually do in the case of sanitary inspectors and medical officers of health, but not in that of other officers—I have not felt justified in approving the addition of war bonus on any basis substantially different from that adopted for the Civil Service, which as part of the considered policy of the Government is restricted to salaries not exceeding £5 a week.