§ Mr. GILBERTasked the Minister of Food why he has recently appointed a food controller for the County of London; if he will state to whom the appointment has been given, what is the salary he is to receive, and if the person appointed has had any previous experience of this kind of work; if he has in the Food Ministry more than one official who has this experience; and why a complete stranger to the Department has been appointed to an entirely new appointment?
Mr. ROBERTSI presume the hon. Member refers to the appointment of Lieut.-General Sir Francis Lloyd, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., to the position of Divisional Food Commissioner for the new administrative area formed by the recent combination of the London and Home Counties Divisions. The salary attached to the appointment is at the rate of £1,200 per annum. The combination of the two divisions was made for administrative680W reasons, and although Sir Francis Lloyd has no previous experience of the work of the Ministry of Food, I came to the conclusion, after consideration of all the circumstances, that he was the most suitable of the persons available for the appointment.