§ Mr. RAWLINSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the great hardship caused to the members of the Chemical Warfare Committee by the insistence of the Treasury, contrary to the wish of the War Office, on a rule that remuneration for services by members of that important Committee should depend upon their being able to prove actual pecuniary loss to themselves by reason of their service on the Committee; and whether, having regard to the fact that some members of that Committee are in receipt of fixed incomes for their services or are engaged on research work which is seriously hindered by the time they give to the work 959W of the Chemical Warfare Committee, he will arrange that members of the Committee entitled to remuneration should not be compelled to show actual loss?
Lieut.-Commander YOUNGMembers of Commissions and Committees are usually willing to place their services at the disposal of the country without receiving specific remuneration in cases where they do not incur any actual loss by reason of such service. I see no reason in this particular case to make a departure from the usual rule.