§ Mr. WATTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) the amount paid annually in salaries to the judges who are qualified to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; what is the number of such judges; and (2) the amount paid annually in pensions to judges who have held high judicial positions such as qualify them to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; and what is the number of such ex-judges?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGELeaving out of account Members of the House of Lords, there are at present twenty-one judges qualified to sit on the Judicial Committee. Of this number ten are in receipt of salaries to the aggregate amount of £41,212 18s. 8d., and six draw pensions amounting in all to £21,000. The remaining five receive no payments from British funds.