§ Mr. MARTINasked the Attorney-General what remuneration by way of salary or pension is paid to the following Law Lords: Earl of Halsbury, Lord Ashbourne, Lord Macnaghten, Lord Atkinson, Lord Shaw, Lord Robson, Lord Gorell, Lord Mersey, Lord Dunedin, and Lord Kinnear; and what are the names of any judges, with their salaries, who sit in the Judicial Committee but not in the House of Lords?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALIn answer to the first part of the question, the Earl of Halsbury receives a pension of £5,000 per annum, Lord Ashbourne receives a pension of £4,000 per annum; Lord 495W Macnaghten, Lord Atkinson, Lord Shaw, Lord Robson receive salaries of £6,000 per annum; Lord Gorell and Lord Mersey receive pensions of £3,500 per annum; Lord Dunedin receives a salary of £5,000 per annum; Lord Kinnear receives a salary of £3,600 per annum. As regards the second part of the question, there are two judges who sit in the Judicial Committee but not in the House of Lords. They are 496W Sir John Edge and Syed Amur Ali. They are paid salaries of £400 per annum, in addition to which they are in receipt of pensions. The hon. Member is, no doubt, aware that certain judges who fill high judicial offices either here or in the Dominions beyond the seas are qualified to sit in the Judicial Committee, but in view of their other duties are seldom, if ever, able to be present.