HC Deb 14 November 1939 vol 353 cc570-4W
Colonel Baldwin-Webb

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the present approximate weekly amount paid in salaries and wages to the staff of the various Food Control Boards?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The approximate weekly amount paid in salaries and wages to the staffs of the various commodity organisations of the Ministry, including civil servants lent to the Ministry by other Departments, is £8,284.

Colonel Baldwin-Webb

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he can supply a list of the principal executive officers of the boards controlling butter, meat, bacon and condensed milk, respectively, indicating, where possible, what were their business interests prior to their assumption of their present duties; and what salaries are received by them in each case?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Following is the information:

Post. Name. Principal business interest or position previously held. Salary.
Meat and Livestock.
Director of Meat and Livestock Sir Francis Boys, K.B.E. Vice Chairman Livestock Commission and Member Bacon Development Board. Receives remuneration from Livestock Commission and Bacon Development Board.
Deputy Director of Meat and Livestock Mr. R. S. Forsyth London Manager of New Zealand Meat Producers Board £1,200
Deputy Director of Meat and Livestock Mr. H. S. E. Turner New Zealand Manager of New Zealand Refrigerating Company. £1,200
Director of Imported Meat Supplies Mr. H. Jones Director of W. Weddell & Company £1,000
Chief Livestock Inspector Major W. H. Warman Civil Servant Seconded from Livestock Commission.
Chief Livestock Supervisor Mr. C. Osenton Chartered Surveyor (retired) £1,000
Chief SlaughterhouseSupervisor (England and Wales). Mr. A. W. Anderson Civil Servant Seconded from Ministry of Agriculture.
Chief Slaughterhouse Supervisor (Scotland) . Mr. A. F. Smith Civil Servant Seconded from Department of Agriculture for Scotland.
Wholesale Meat Trade Supervisor (England and Wales). Mr. R. Wood Chairman of Baker and Wood, Limited £1,000
Wholesale Meat Trade Supervisor (Scotland). Mr. W. R. Hunter Partner, Hunter and Paton £1,000
Chief Meat Agent (England and Wales) Mr. H. Wright Senior Partner Messrs. H. Wright & Son £1,000
Chief Meat Agent (Scotland) Mr. D. M. Brown General Manager, Livestock Buying Service and Meat Department of Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. £1,000
Director of Manufactured Meats Mr. A. G. Short Managing Director of T. Wall & Son Serving without remuneration.
London Wholesale Meat Trade Super visor Mr. A. I. Eastwood Director of W. Eastwood & Sons, Limited £1,000
Chief Forwarding Officer Mr. E. J. Booth General Manager of R. Cornell, Limited £750
Head of Animal By-products Section Mr. R. W. Austin Assistant Managing Director of Midland Cattle Products, Limited. £750
Head of Hides and Skin Section Mr. J. G. Sutherland Manager and Secretary, Edinburgh, Hide Skin and Tallow Market Company, Limited. £750
Butter and Cheese.
Director of Butter and Cheese Mr. H. E. Davis London Manager of the Dominion of New Zealand Dairy Sales Division. Not settled.
Deputy Director of Butter and Cheese Mr. J. W. Rodden Assistant London Manager of the Dominion of New Zealand Dairy Sales Division. £1,100
Assistant Director of Imports Mr. G. R. P. Wall, M.C. Director of Messrs. Lovell & Christmas, Limited £1,000
Assistant Director of Home Produce Professor E. Capstick, M.C, M.Sc. Professor of Dairying, University of Reading £1,000
Assistant Director of Distribution Mr. H. G. Flint Director of Messrs. A. J. Mills & Company, Limited Serving without remuneration.
Deputy Assistant Director of Distribution Mr. H. Rowson Chairman of Rowson & Company, Limited Serving without remuneration.

Post. Name. Principal business interest or position previously held. Salary.
Bacon and Hams.
Director of Bacon and Hams Mr. J. F. Bodinnar Chairman of Bacon Marketing Board and member of Bacon Development Board. Serving without remuneration.
Chairman of several companies.
Assistant Director of Bacon Production Mr. H. Martin Lewis Vice-Chairman, Bacon Marketing Board and member of the Bacon Development Board. Not settled.
Chairman and Managing Director of Cole & Lewis, Limited.
Assistant Director of Bacon Production Mr. J. Kirkpatrick Chairman and Managing Director of A. Kirkpatrick & Son, Limited, member of the Bacon Marketing Board and of the Bacon Development Board. Not settled.
Assistant Director of Bacon Production Mr. M. R. Welsh Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of the Bacon Marketing Board. Seconded from Bacon Marketing Board.
Director of Bacon Imports Mr. E. R. Tidmarsh, C.B.E. Chairman of R. H. Thompson & Company (London), Limited. Not settled.
Director of several other companies.
Assistant Director of Bacon Imports Mr. John Loudon Governing Director of John Loudon & Company Serving without remuneration.
Director of Bacon Distribution Mr. G. Huskisson, D.S.O., M.C. Director of Henry A. Lane & Company, Limited £1,200.
Assistant Director of Bacon Distribution Mr. Alec S. Warren Chairman and Director of Warren & Reynolds, Limited Not settled.
Assistant Director of Bacon Distribution Mr. G. A. Hopton Director of George Mason & Company, Limited Not settled.
Director of Pig Supplies Mr. J. A. Fox Chairman, Pigs Marketing Board £1,000
Assistant Director of Pig Supplies Captain G. Deakin Vice-Chairman, Pigs Marketing Board £800
Condensed Milk.
Director Mr. E. W. Brown, O.B.E. Director of Napier Brown & Company, Limited £1,200

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