§ Mr. LANE-FOXasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the representations which he has received from the Rural District Councils' Association, and the resoluton which was passed at the last annual conference of rural district councils of England and Wales as to the inadequacy of the extra remuneration authorised by the General Housing Memorandum, No 17, to be paid by rural district councils to their clerical staff for services in connection with housing schemes, and the unsatisfactory nature of the provisions of that Memorandum, he will at once take into consideration the desirability of substantially increasing the sum of £100 per annum authorised by that Memorandum and of extending the period of one year from the date of the inception of a housing scheme during which such extra remuneration is payable?
§ Dr. ADDISONI am not of opinion that the maximum of £100 allowed by the Memorandum in question is in any way inadequate in normal cases, but I am willing to consider the question of increasing this sum in exceptional circumstances. I am also prepared to entertain applications for a continuance of allowances for 1571W a further period beyond the first year in cases where the additional work justifies such an application.