HC Deb 10 February 1942 vol 377 cc1411-2W
Professor Savory

asked the Minister of Information whether he will state the names of the present Governors of the British Broadcasting Corporation; the date of the appointment of each; the salaries received by each; and the salaries received by the two new Directors-General of Broadcasting?

Mr. Bracken

The following are the names of the Governors of the B.B.C. and the dates of their respective appointments:

Sir Allan Powell, C.B.E. (Chairman), appointed in 1939;

C. H. G. Millis, D.S.O., M.C., appointed in 1937;

Lady Violet Bonham-Carter;

Captain Sir Ian Fraser, C.B.E., M.P.;

J. S. Mallon, C.H., Ll.D., J.P.;

A. H. Mann, C.H., Ll.D., and

The Hon. H. G. Nicolson, C.M.G., M.P., appointed in 1941.

The Chairman receives a salary of £3,000 per annum and the other Governors a salary of £1,000 each. The salaries received by the two new Directors-General of the B.B.C. are a matter of its internal administration.