HC Deb 10 October 1939 vol 352 cc203-4W
Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Minister of Labour what fees are paid to the members of the conscientious objectors appeal tribunals in the Aberdeen and North-east of Scotland area and in the North and Western areas of Scotland, respectively?

Mr. E. Brown

The fees payable to the chairmen of the Tribunals mentioned by the hon. Member are three guineas a meeting (half-day), subject to a maximum of six guineas a day and twenty-four guineas a week. Subsistence allowances are also payable when away from home. These rates of remuneration do not apply where chairmen are full-time salaried officers of the Crown. As regards other members of the Tribunals, the fees payable are three guineas per day for a meeting of five hours or more, or nine shillings an hour for less than five hours, subject to a maximum of twelve guineas a week. These fees are inclusive of subsistence allowance.