HC Deb 03 June 1913 vol 53 cc792-3W
Mr. WATT

asked (1) the Chancellor of the Exchequer bite amount of public money paid annually in salaries to the Members of the House of. Lords who are qualified to sit at the hearing of appeals either in the House of Lords or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; what is the number of such Lords; and (2) what is the amount of public money paid annually in pensions to Members of the House of Lords who are qualified to sit at hearing of appeals either in the House of Lords or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; and what is the number of such Lords?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

There are sixteen Members of the House of Lords who are qualified to sit at the hearing of appeals in the House of Lords, and fourteen who can sit on the Judicial Committee. Ten of these receive salaries to the aggregate amount of £60,600, and five draw pensions amounting in all to £21,000. One receives no payment from British funds.