§ Sir H. Legge-Bourkeasked the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the functions and terms of appointment of each of the four Ministers of State in the Foreign Office 241W and the cost to Her Majesty's Government arising from each of those appointments.
§ Mr. George ThomsonMy noble Friend, Lord Caradon, who receives a salary of £3,750, is the permanent United Kingdom representative at the United Nations in New York. My noble Friend Lord Chalfont, who also receives a salary of £3,750, deals expressly with disarmament. My hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Mr. Padley) and I, who at present act without salary or payment, have general responsibilities within the Foreign Office. In as far as there are terms attached to our appointments, they are those which apply to all members of Her Majesty's Government.