§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how many hours the Wilson committee sat; what was the cost of its investigations in total; and how much was paid in salaries and fees and expenses to anyone connected with this committee.
§ Mr. LawsonThe Committee to Review the functioning of Financial Institutions held 55 sessions of the full committee, at 18 of which oral evidence was taken. Most of the meetings were for a whole day. The cost to public funds of 677W the committee, excluding the cost of printing the report, was £334,000. Of this, Civil Service salaries, consultants' fees, surveys, casual staff, travel and subsistence and general administrative expenses came to £244,000.