Mr. YOUNGasked the Minister of Agriculture (1) the number of members of the Bacon Marketing Board and their terms of remuneration; the total numbers of salaried officers of the board, with the numbers falling within the following categories: Annual salaries of £500 and more, salaries of £400 and less than £500, salaries of £300 and less than £400; and the respective number of the members of the board and of its salaried staff who are or were, at the time of their appointment, officers or officials of the National Farmers' Union;
(2) the number of members of the Potato Marketing Board and their terms of remuneration; the total numbers of salaried officers of the board, with the numbers falling within the following categories: Annual salaries of £500 and more, salaries of £400 and less than £500, salaries of £300 and less than £400; and the respective numbers of the members of the board and of its salaried staff who are or were, at the time of their appointment, officers or officials of the National Farmers' Union;
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(4) the number of members of the Pig, Marketing Board and their terms of remuneration; the total numbers of salaried officers of the board, with the numbers falling within the following categories: Annual salaries of £500 and more, salaries of £400 and less than £500, salaries of £300 and less than £400; and the respective numbers of the members of the board and of its salaried staff who are or were, at the time of their appointment, officers or officials of the National Farmers' Union?
§ Mr. ELLIOTThe numbers of members of the Pigs, Bacon, Milk and Potato Marketing Boards and their remuneration as voted by the registered producers concerned are as follow:
Pigs Marketing Board. 8 District Members and 3 Special Members.
Remuneration voted by the registered producers for the period 6th July, 1933, to 31st March, 1934:
£ Chairman 600 Vice-Chairman 400 Members of the Executive Committee (5) 270 each Other members 220 each Bacon Marketing Board. 14 Members and 2 Co-opted Members.
£ Remuneration voted by the registered producers for the period 1st April, 1934, to 31st March, 1935 3,800 Remuneration voted by the registered producers for the period 1st April, 1935, to 31st March, 1936 .5,000 (To be apportioned as the Board think fit.) Milk Marketing Board. 12 Regional Members, 3 Special Members and 2 Co-opted Members.
Remuneration voted by the registered producers for the period 29th July, 1933 to 30th June, 1934:
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£ Chairman 1,200 Vice-Chairman 700 Other Members 350 each Potato Marketing Board. 24 District Members, 5 Special Members and 2 Co-opted Members.
Remuneration voted by the registered producers for the period 1st November, 1934, to 31st October, 1935:
£ Chairman 1,500 Vice-Chairman 850 Members of Executive Committee (5) 600 each Chairman of Merchants' Authorisation Committee 300 Members of Merchants' Authorisation Committee (6) 250 each Chairman of Basic Acreage Committee 200 Members of Basic Acreage Committee (6) 150 each Other Members 100 each I regret that I have no information to enable me to say how many of the members of the boards were, at the time of their election or co-option, officers or officials of the National Farmers' Union. As regards appointments on the staffs of the Marketing Boards I am not in possession of the information required by the hon. Member.