§ Mr. CROOM-JOHNSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what abatement will be made under the present economy proposals from the salaries of Judges and members of the four Crown services whose present rate of remuneration lies between £4,000 and £5,000 a year; and what steps will be taken to maintain an appropriate relativity between civil servants on £2,000 a year, whose remuneration is to be abated by 10 per cent., and other civil servants who are at present in receipt of remuneration amounting to £1,800 a year and upward inclusive of bonus?
§ Major ELLIOTWith regard to the first part of the question, it is intended that the salary of a Judge or Crown Servant who is now in receipt of remuneration between £4,000 and £5,000 a year shall be abated so that his remuneration after the abatement is made will not exceed £4,000 a year, that being the amount to which remuneration of £5,000 a year would fall by reason of an abatement of 20 per cent. With regard to the second part of the question, it has been decided that for so long as the abatement of 10 per cent. is made from the salary of civil servants in receipt of £2,000 a year bonus will not be payable in respect of any salary of £1,800 or upwards or so as to bring total remuneration inclusive of bonus above that figure.