§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Minister of Labour what fees and expenses are paid to the chairman and members, respectively, of tribunals dealing with conscientious object ors?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe fees payable to chairmen of local tribunals are three guineas a meeting (half-day), subject to a maximum of six guineas a day and 24 guineas a week, together with subsistence allowances, when necessarily absent from home, of 25s.a night (to cover a period of 24 hours) or 8s. 4d.a day. No fees are paid where chairmen are full-time salaried officers of the Crown, e.g., county court judges or, in Scotland, sheriffs-substitute.
As regards other members of the tribunals, the fees payable are three guineas per day for a meeting of five hours or more, or 9s. an hour for less than five hours, subject to a maximum of 12 guineas a week. These fees are inclusive of subsistence allowance.
Both chairmen and members are paid any travelling expenses necessarily incurred.