Sir A.SINCLAIRasked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the scales of salaries paid to the staffs of the three Scottish agricultural colleges, whose remuneration has shown no percentage increase in basic salary from 1916 to 1925 while, during the same period, the officials of the Board of Agriculture have received an average increase of 23 per cent.; and whether he will now put into operation the recommendation with regard to the salaries of the Constable Committee?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI am aware that in the majority of cases the members of the agricultural college staffs have received for a number of years no increases in basic salary apart from normal scale increases and bonus. I am considering in what way and to what extent it may be possible to meet the views of the colleges with respect to the remuneration of the staff.